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Jesse Taylor, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Jesse Taylor, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Civil War Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1892. Medium:  Sculpture: granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 6 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 12 x 3 x 3 ft. Inscription:  (Inscribed on shaft:) JESSE TAYLOR/PRIV. CO. (text continues) (In raised letters on base of shaft:) JESSE TAYLOR/(Incised text on base below Taylor's name:) ERECTED/1892 unsigned Description:  Statue of a Civil War soldier placed atop a granite shaft. He wears a long coat and a cap. He holds a gun barrell in both hands. His proper left foot is extended over the edge of the shaft. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- New Freeport Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New Freeport, Rt. 18 N, Box 11, New Freeport, Pennsylvania 15352 Located Jollytown Road, New Freeport, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The monument commemorates Jess Taylor, the first man from Greene County to die in the Civil War. Taylor, a member of the 7th (Union) Regiment, Virginia, died on Oct. 26, 1861. The monument was erected by the Gilmore Township Veterans' Association, and convened a meeting to that effect on Nov. 20, 1888. The monument was originally located across from the Methodist Church in New Freeport but was moved in the 1930s when the road was regraded. Simon White & Sons of Waynesburg moved the monument. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. 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 PA001538   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001538 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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