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The Granite Spire, (sculpture). Artist:  Parham, Jim, sculptor. Pless, Roy, sculptor. Adams, Joe, sculptor. Black, Lee, sculptor. Brown, Calvin, sculptor. Brown, T. J., Jr., sculptor. Peppers, Walter, contractor. Hubbard, Jack, contractor. Lona, Leroy, contractor. Flowers, Frank, contractor. Smith, Robert, contractor. Peppers, Randy, contractor. Wallace, Alonzo, contractor. DePalma, C. O., stone cutter. Snellings, Doris, stone cutter. Johnson, Joe, stone cutter. Brown, John F., stone cutter. Comolli Granite Company, contractor. Peppers Granite Company, fabricator. Title:  The Granite Spire, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Argo Monument, (sculpture). Argo Spire, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed Dec. 1975. Relocated April 13, 1985. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Spire: Elberton granite; Base: Elberton granite. Dimensions:  Spire: approx. 51 ft. x 27 in. x 20 1/8 in.; Base: approx. 47 in. x 95 1/2 in. x 82 1/2 in. (41,810 lbs.). Inscription:  (Top front of spire, vertically:) ARGO (Front of base, incised lettering:) (Left:) RELOCATED 1985 (Right:) ERECTED 1975 (Center:) ONE OF A KIND/SOLID GRANITE SPIRE/WEIGHT 41,810 LBS.-HEIGHT 51 FEET/DONATED TO GRADY ALBERTSON/BY HIS FRIENDS WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON THE BASE OF THIS SPIRE (Side of base:) Drafting and Sandblasting/Jim Parham Roy Pless/Joe Adams T.J. Brown,Jr/Lee Black Calvin Brown (Other side of base:) Stonecutting/C.O. DePalma Joe Johnson/Doris Snellings John F. Brown (Rear of base:) Quarrying/Walter Peppers Jack Hubbard Alonzo Wallace/Leroy Lona Frank Flowers/Kirk Peppers Randy Peppers Robert Smith unsigned Description:  A tall, rough-edged granite spire with a vertical inscription on the top front. The spire is mounted upon a square, two-tiered base, with an inscribed upper tier, and a rough-edged lower tier. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton Billboard Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Elberton Granite Association, 1 Granite Plaza, P. O. Box 640, Elberton, Georgia 30635 Located Elberton Granite Association Museum and Exhibit, College Avenue, Near parking lot, Elberton, Georgia 30635 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Shelton Trucking Service, Lower Heard Street, freight terminal yard, Elberton, Georgia Formerly in the collection of Argo Trucking Company, Lower Heard Street, freight terminal yard, Elberton, Georgia Remarks:  The spire is the longest single piece of granite ever quarried in the Elberton Granite District, and is believed to be the world's largest granite spire. It was fabricated as a tribute to Grady Albertson, President of Argo Trucking Company, and was installed outside the Company in 1975. The Company specialized in the delivery of granite products. In 1980, Albertson sold the company, and in 1985, rather than see the spire destroyed as the land was sold, the Elberton Granite Association purchased the spire from the Shelton Trucking Service and relocated it to its current site at the Elberton Museum and Granite Exhibit. The spire was quarried by the Peppers Granite Company, and the base wire-sawed by the Comolli Granite Company. Jim Parham carved the "ARGO" letters on the spire. IAS files contain related articles from the Elberton Graniteer (Summer 1976), pg. 16, 17+; and the Elberton Graniteer (Summer 1986). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Elberton Graniteer (Summer 1976). 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 GA000389   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000389 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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