Gargoyle, (sculpture).

Gargoyle, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Ricker, Nathan C., 1843-1924, architect.

White, James McLaren, 1867-1933, architect.

Hoft, J. Hakon, contractor.

Mohn, Richard, contractor.

Roberts, Warren R., contractor.

Gargoyle, (sculpture).

Minnesota sandstone on a stone base.

Approx. 10 x 20 x 8 in.

A crouching gargoyle figure with its head and proper right front leg emerging from a leafy frieze. Its mouth is open and the snout is blunt with open nostrils. The leg has four human-like fingers.

Fantasy -- Monster

Architecture exterior -- Detail -- Gargoyle

Architectural component

Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Urbana

Administered by University of Illinois, Board of Trustees, 506 South Wright Street, 354 Henry Administrative Building, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Located University of Illinois, 1409 West Green Street, Altgeld Hall, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Nathan C. Ricker and James M. White were the architects of the building where the piece is set. From Chicago, J. Hakon Hoft, Richard Mohn, and Warren R. Roberts were contractors for the building. Altgeld Hall was built as the University Library and later housed the Law School. It is now the Mathematics Department and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.

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