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    		• Steubenraugh, Charles,
     
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    		• Janssen, Ernest C.,
     
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    		• Hurricane Granite Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Hecker, Friedrich
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Ethnic -- German
     
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    		• Obelisk
     
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    		• Medallion
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Monument to Friedrich Hecker, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Steubenraugh, Charles, sculptor.
    Janssen, Ernest C., architect.
    Hurricane Granite Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Monument to Friedrich Hecker, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1882. Dedicated Sept. 1882.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Gray granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 30 ft. x 7 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    E. C. JANSSEN/ARCHITECT/ST LOUIS, MO. HURRICANE GRANITE CO./ST LOUIS, MO. (On east side, etched inside medallion:) 1848 (On west side, etched inside medallion:) 1861 (On north side, below medallion:) FRIEDRICH HECKER unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Monument to Friedrich Hecker in the form of an obelisk decorated with medallions, torches, and stars. One of the medallions formerly featured a bronze bust of Hecker in high relief, which is now missing.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Hecker, Friedrich -- Bust
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Ethnic -- German
    Object Type: 
    Obelisk
    Medallion
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of St. Louis, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Forestry, 5600 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
    Located Benton Park, Southeast quadrant, Arsenal & Jefferson Streets, St. Louis, Missouri
    Remarks: 
    Donated by Hecker Monument Association. Cost: $5,000. Friedrich Hecker was a German revolutionist who came to St. Louis in the 1840s. Hecker commanded a brigade of local German-Americans during the Civil War. Charles Steubenraugh was the sculptor of the portrait of Hecker, which is now missing. Ernest C. Janssen was the architect of the obelisk. IAS files contain copies from St. Louis Public Library Monthly Bulletin (July-Aug. 1925): pg. 189; an unpublished 1969 mayor's report, "Public Art - St. Louis"; and Robert E. Hannon's "St. Louis: Its Neighborhoods and Neighbors, Landmarks and Milestones," 1986, pg. 52-53.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis survey, 1994.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Hannon, Robert E., "St. Louis: Its Neighborhoods and Neighbors, Landmarks and Milestones," 1986, pg. 53.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 76000973
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