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    		• Winters, W. M.,
     
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    		• Keene, Henry,
     
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    		• McAlester, Brightberry,
     
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    		• Richardson, Larken,
     
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    		• Architecture -- Detail
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Light fixture
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Columbia
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Old Boone County Courthouse Columns, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Winters, W. M., architect.
    Keene, Henry, contractor.
    McAlester, Brightberry, contractor.
    Richardson, Larken, contractor.
    Title: 
    Old Boone County Courthouse Columns, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1847.
    Medium: 
    Columns: limestone; Globes: brass and copper; Bases: concrete with reinforced steel.
    Dimensions: 
    Bases: each approx. 24 in. x 80 in. x 80 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Four doric portico columns set in a row each topped with a multi-tiered capital and a globe lamp.
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Detail -- Column
    Allegory -- Quality -- Fortitude
    Object Type: 
    Light fixture
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Columbia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by County of Boone, Boone County Commission, 701 East Broadway, Columbia, Missouri 65201
    Located Boone County Courthouse, Eighth & Walnut Streets, Columbia, Missouri
    Remarks: 
    The four columns were originally located on the portico of the old Boone County Courthouse which was completed in 1847 for $17,165. W. M. Winters was the architect for the building, and Brightberry McAlester, Larken Richardson and Henry Keene were the contractors. Limestone for the columns came from Hinkson Creek. When the courthouse was razed in 1909, the columns were retained and now stand before the new Boone County Courthouse. In 1911, globe lighting fixtures "symbolic beacons for Western settlers" were placed atop each column. The globes also commemorated "the hearty pioneers who made Boone County and built its early temple of justice." In 1966, a dedication marker was placed on-site by the Boone County Historical Society. New bases were installed in 1983 to replace time-weakened older ones, returning the bases to their original square shape which had been made round over the years. IAS files contain transcription of nearby marker. IAS files contain related articles from the Columbia Missourian (Columbia, MO), March 23, 1966; April 25, 1976; and June 5, 1983. IAS files also contain an unidentified article which features a photo of the columns in place on the old courthouse in 1895.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 MO000237
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