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Artie Gregory Jr. Memorial Pavilion, (sculpture). Artist:  Poellot, Vince, 1966- , designer. Long, Jim, contractor. Burt Taggart and Associates, architectural firm. Larry Dollar Roofing Company, contractor. Title:  Artie Gregory Jr. Memorial Pavilion, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Sept. 2, 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: mild steel, cedar, pine, rock, and concrete; Foundation: concrete and rock; Wall: rock. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 12 x 10 x 16 ft.; Foundation: approx. W. 26 ft. x D. 26 ft. Inscription:  (Carved stone insert on north retaining wall:) ARTIE GREGORY JR./MEMORIAL PAVILION/CITY BEAUTIFUL CHAIRMAN/1977 - 1990 unsigned Description:  A memorial in the shape of a Greek structure. Includes a pavilion with a small, open Greek temple and a lone, freestanding column to one side of it. Within the temple is a picnic grill and a concrete table with a rock overlay. The pavilion includes a rock-and-concrete foundation floor and an L-shaped rock retaining wall to one side. Subject:  Homage -- Gregory, Artie, Jr. Architecture -- Religious -- Temple Architecture -- Classical -- Temple Architecture -- Detail -- Column Object -- Furniture -- Table Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- North Little Rock Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City Beautiful Commission, 4204 Edgemere Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72166 Located Crestview Park, Between Crestview & I30 access road, North Little Rock, Arkansas Remarks:  The pavilion commemorates Artie Gregory, Jr., chairman of the City Beautiful Commission from 1977 until his death in 1990. The pavilion was dedicated on September 2, 1992, on the anniversary of his death. Gregory's family donated the material and paid a contractor to construct much of the pavilion. Memorial funds made to the City Beautiful Commission after Gregory's death also helped to fund the project. The pavilion was designed by Vince Poellot of the architectural design firm of Burt Taggart and Associates. Jim Long was the contractor for the rock work and Larry Dollar Roofing Company worked on the roof of the temple. IAS files contain a related article from The Times (North Little Rock, AR), Sept. 3, 1992, pg. 6A. IAS files also contain the designer's conceptualization sketches of the project. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. The Times (North Little Rock, AR), Sept. 3, 1993, pg. 6A. 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 AR000218   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AR000218 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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