The Scout, (sculpture).

The Scout, (sculpture).

McKenzie, R. Tait, 1867-1938, sculptor.

The Scout, (sculpture).

Original cast 1937. Dedicated Spring 1972.

Sculpture: metal; Base: aggregate.

Sculpture: approx. 70 x 26 x 19 in.; Base: approx. W. 52 in. x D. 55 in.

(On top of base:) R. Tait McKenzie 1937 (On plaque on top of base:) PRESENTED TO THE/COLUMBIA PACIFIC COUNCIL/BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA/WITH GRATEFUL APPRECIATION/FOR HIS SCOUTING EXPERIENCE/BY/ZENON C.R. HANSEN/EAGLE SCOUT/COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1949-51/CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD/MACK TRUCKS, INC. (On plaque on base:) THE SCOUT/THE HEROIC REPLICA, CREATED IN 1937 BY R. TAIT MCKENZIE, IS DEDICATED/TO THE PERPETUAL RECOGNITION OF ALL SCOUTERS WHOSE SERVICE AND/RESOURCES HAVE PROVIDED THOUSANDS OF BOYS WITH SCOUTING'S PROGRAM/ OF CHARACTER BUILDING, CITIZENSHIP TRAINING AND PHYSICAL FITNESS.//GRATEFULLY RECOGNIZED BELOW ARE BENEFACTORS WHO, IN THE YEARS/INDICATED, HAVE MADE POSSIBLE A SIGNIFICANT EXTENSION OF SCOUTING/BY AUGMENTING COUNCIL STAFF AND SUPPORTING SERVICES. (Names of benefactors associated with the Council, dates and nature of association are listed on the base) unsigned

Full-length figure of an adolescent boy in the traditional Boy Scout uniform of shirt, scarf, shorts, knee socks and laced ankle-high shoes. He holds a hat over his chest with his proper right hand. The figure stands on a trapezoid-shaped base.

Figure male -- Child -- Full length

Dress -- Uniform -- Scout Uniform

Occupation -- Service -- Scouting

Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Portland

Boy Scouts of America, Columbia Pacific Council, 2145 S.W. Front Street, Portland, Oregon

The Boy Scout Statue was originally created as a statuette in 1914 at the suggestion of Dr. Charles D. Hart, then president of the Philadelphia Council. An updated life-sized version, from which this piece is cast, was created in 1937 for the opening of the Philadelphia Council's new headquarter's building (IAS record 88320102). A total of five Boy Scouts posed for the statue between 1914 and 1937, and the final statue is a composite of its models. The Portland statue was a gift of Zenon C.R. Hansen, former Council president, and was installed at the time of the dedication of the new Scouts building addition in 1972. IAS files contain excerpt from Scout Memorabilia, n.d., detailing history of Tait's Scout statue, and related unpublished essay by Turner Moon.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1993.

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