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City of Coral Gables Public Safety Building, (sculpture). Artist:  Keller, Jon, Mrs., sculptor. Paist, Phineas E., 1875-1937, architect. G.H. Lyne Foundry, founder. Title:  City of Coral Gables Public Safety Building, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Firemen and Who They Save, (sculpture). Old Police and Fire Building, (sculpture). Dates:  1938-1939. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oolithic rock (native Keysotone). Inscription:  unsigned Description:  The west facade of the City of Coral Gables Public Safety Building is adorned with the heads of two firemen and the faces of a typical family that they are charged with protecting. The firemen wear fire helmets. The faces of family members include a father, a mother, a baby, a child, a dog, and a cat. At the foot of the building, flanking the entrances, are firemen's empty boots. On the south side of the building, the lintel is supported by a row of pelicans. Subject:  Figure male -- Head Figure male -- Fragment -- Face Figure female -- Fragment -- Face Figure -- Child Figure group -- Family Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Animal -- Dog Animal -- Cat Animal -- Bird -- Pelican Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Coral Gables Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Coral Gables, 405 Biltmore Way, Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Located City of Coral Gables Public Safety Building, 285 Aragon Avenue & 2325 Salzedo Street, south & west facades, Coral Gables, Florida Remarks:  The sculpture was a project of the Works Progress Administration. The architect for the project was Phineas Paist. The boots were created by G.H. Lyne Foundry of Miami. The Old Police and Fire Station building has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. For related reading see "From Wilderness to Metropolis," Metropolitan Dade County, Office of Community and Economic Development, Historic Preservation Division. A plaque on the building reads: POLICE AND FIRE STATION/BUILT 1939/HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE/NATIONAL REGISTER/OF HISTORIC PLACES/BY THE UNITED STATES/DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Miami 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 FL000809   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture FL000809 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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