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    		• Ingram, William,
     
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    		• Lexington Granite Company,
     
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    		• Unknown (Cincinnati, Ohio),
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Bedouin
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Animal -- Camel
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Travel -- Land
     
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    		• Object -- Tool
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Lexington
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Zero Milestone, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ingram, William, d. 1968, sculptor.
    Lexington Granite Company, contractor.
    Unknown (Cincinnati, Ohio), founder.
    Title: 
    Zero Milestone, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Union Station Camel Statue, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1926. Installed Nov. 20, 1926. Relocated 1960. Relocated 1990.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Winnsboro So. Carolina granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 24 x 10 x 21 in.; Base: approx. 66 x 19 1/2 x 27 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of cornice, over insignia, incised lettering:) AAA (On front of base, incised lettering:) PHOENIX/PARK (On west side of base, incised lettering:) SOUTH (arrow through word pointing south)/ZERO/MILESTONE (On rear of base, incised lettering:) PHOENIX/PARK (On east side of base, incised lettering:) NORTH (arrow through word pointing north)/ZERO/MILESTONE
    Description: 
    A Bedouin riding a camel loaded with saddlebags. The sculpture is mounted atop an inscribed monolithic base, topped by a simple cornice with an American Automobile Association insignia on the front. The sculpture rests on a brick sidewalk and is intended to be a directional marker.
    Subject: 
    Ethnic -- Bedouin
    Figure male -- Full length
    Animal -- Camel
    Object -- Other -- Luggage
    Travel -- Land
    Object -- Tool -- Measuring Device
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Lexington
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Historic Preservation, 200 East Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507
    Located Phoenix Park, Main entrance at East Main & Limestone Streets, Lexington, Kentucky
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Fayette County Courthouse, Lexington, Kentucky 1961-1990.
    Formerly located Union Station, Main & Walnut Streets, Lexington, Kentucky 1926-1961.
    Remarks: 
    The artist, owner of Lexington Granite Company, donated the sculpture to the Lexington Automobile Association in 1926. It was designed to commemorate Lexington's victory in getting the routing of U. S. highways 25 and 60 through the city. The auto club, after accepting the donation, gave the sculpture to the city during a dedication ceremony held November 20, 1926. The artist chose to depict a Bedouin on camelback, to represent one of the oldest methods of transportation. He derived inspiration from the milestone marker, a concept that originated in the Far East.
    The sculpture was originally installed outside Union Station on Main and Walnut Streets and faced east. At this location, the sculpture served as a zero milestone marker, identifying the center of Lexington, and the junction of highways 25 and 60, which then crossed at Main and Walnut Streets. Union Station was torn down in 1961, and the sculpture was relocated to the Fayette County Courthouse lawn. In 1990, the sculpture was relocated to its current site marking the main entrance to Phoenix Park.
    Two historic photos, both taken when the sculpture was located on the Fayette County Courthouse lawn, show that the inscriptions on the front and the rear of the base have been altered. The front of the base once read: WEST/STARTING POINT FROM LEXINGTON ON ALL HIGHWAYS. Two route signs appeared underneath this. The rear of the base once read: EAST/STARTING POINT FROM LEXINGTON ON ALL HIGHWAYS. IAS files contain a related excerpt and historic photo from Bettie L. Kerr and John D. Wright, Jr.'s "Lexington: A Century in Photographs," Lexington, KY: Lexington-Fayette County Historic Commission, 1984, pg. 133. IAS files contain articles from the Lexington Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1951, pg. 2, and July 7, 1981, pg. C1, C3; and the Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY), April 21, 1990, pg. C4.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Lexington Herald Leader, March 8, 1951, pg. 2.
    Lexington Herald Leader, July 7, 1981, pg. C-1.
    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 KY000221
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