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    		• Deacy, William Henry,
     
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    		• Wingfield, Nisbet,
     
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    		• W. W. Leland Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Butt, Archibald Willingham,
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Animal -- Lion
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Emblem -- Coat of Arms
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Augusta
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Light fixture
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Archibald Willingham Butt Memorial Bridge, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Deacy, William Henry, 1890-1967, architect.
    Wingfield, Nisbet, engineer.
    W. W. Leland Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Archibald Willingham Butt Memorial Bridge, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Butt Memorial Bridge, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated April 14, 1914.
    Medium: 
    Lions: stone and concrete, painted; Eagles: stone and concrete, painted; Relief: bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    9 pieces. Sculptures: approx. 3 x 2 x 2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    The bridge is decorated with sculptures of four lions, four eagles, and a bas-relief bust portrait of Major Archibald W. Butt. The relief of Major Butt is set into the apex on the east side of the bridge. Butt appears in proper right profile. He has a mustache and is dressed in a military uniform with a number of medals on his chest. A dedication plaque is below the relief and two more plaques are set into the west side of the bridge. A tan-colored lion is mounted atop each pier, two on each end of the bridge. Each lion sits facing out and raises its proper left paw, resting it on top of a shield in front of it. On the shield is a circular medallion containing a coat of arms. One-third of the way in from the ends of the bridge, on each side, is a 40 foot high lamp post topped by a globe light within a cage-like structure. Atop each globe is a bald eagle with its wings spread. Each bald eagle faces out and turns its head to the outside. Smaller globe lights surround the lamp post about two-thirds of the way down from the top.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Butt, Archibald Willingham, -- Bust
    Occupation -- Political
    Occupation -- Military -- Major
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Animal -- Lion
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Dress -- Accessory -- Shield
    Emblem -- Coat of Arms
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Augusta
    Relief
    Light fixture
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Augusta, City Engineer, 530 Green Street, 7th Floor, Augusta, Georgia 30901
    Located 15th Street at the Augusta Canal, Augusta, Georgia
    Remarks: 
    The bridge was dedicated on April 14, 1914 by President William Howard Taft in honor of his aide, Major Archibald Willingham Butt. Major Butt was born in Augusta on September 26, 1865. He was among the casualties aboard the steamship Titanic in 1912. The bridge is located in the historic Augusta Canal area of the city and is within a National Historic Landmark District. In 1994 the Georgia Department of Transportation proposed a street realignment plan that would make the bridge obsolete. Citizens of Augusta organized the Butt Memorial Bridge Legal Defense Fund to save the bridge and community members have offered overwhelming support to the group. IAS files contain an excerpt from Marguerite F. Fogleman's "Historical Markers and Monuments of Richmond County," Augusta, GA: Richmond County Historical Society, 1986, pg. 79 and 113; an undated article from the Augusta Chronicle, and an article from the newsletter of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, The Rambler 21 (May 1994): pg. 3. Both articles discuss local efforts to save the Butt Memorial Bridge.
    The inscription on the west side of the bridge reads: IN HONOR OF/ARCHIBALD WILLINGHAM BUTT/BORN IN AUGUSTA SEPT 26, 1865/GRADUATED IN THE UNIVERSITY/OF THE SOUTH, 1880/MAJOR IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY/TRUSTED AIDE-DE-CAMP/OF TWO PRESIDENTS/MAJOR BUTT WENT TO HIS DEATH/ON THE STEAMER TITANIC AFTER/THE RESCUE OF THE WOMEN AND/CHILDREN FROM THAT ILL-FATED/VESSEL, APRIL 15, 1912./IN MEMORY OF HIS NOBLE AND LOVEABLE/QUALITIES AS A MAN, HIS COURAGE AND/HIGH SENSE OF DUTY AS A SOLDIER,/HIS LOYALTY AND EFFICIENCY AS A/PUBLIC SERVANT, HIS FELLOW CITIZENS/OF AUGUSTA DEDICATE THIS BRIDGE/(signature of Wm. H. Taft).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Fogleman, Marguerite F., "Historical Monuments and Markers of Richmond County," Augusta, GA: Richmond County Historical Society, 1986, pg. 113.
    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 GA000427
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