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Big Red Apple Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Winchester, Virginia), fabricator. Title:  Big Red Apple Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1925. Dedicated June 1926. Medium:  Sculpture: steel and concrete, painted; Base: metal. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. x Diam. 11 ft.; Base: approx. 12 x 8 x 8 ft. (5,200 lbs.). Inscription:  (At top of base, all four sides:) CORNELIA (On front of base:) HOME/OF THE/BIG RED/APPLE/HABERSHAM/COUNTY/GEORGIA unsigned Description:  A large red apple molded out of concrete with a green stem and leaves made of steel. The sculpture rests on a tapered column with a stepped bottom. The sculpture is enclosed by a cast iron fence and surrounded by bushes. Subject:  Object -- Fruit -- Apple Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Cornelia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Cornelia, Parks and Recreation Department, Route 5, Box 5278, Cornelia, Georgia 30523 Located Cornelia Depot, Cornelia, Georgia Remarks:  Sculpture was a gift from Southern Railway commemorating the area's thriving apple industry. The sculpture was constructed in Winchester, Virginia, and Southern Railway undertook erection of the pedestal and placing of the apple. IAS files contain related excerpts from Mary L. Church's "The Hills of Habersham," Clarksville, G.A.: Mary L. Church, 1962, pg. 138-139; the Centennial Committee for Cornelia's booklet titled "Cornelia, Georgia: The First One Hundred Years," n.d., pg. 14; and an article from The Times (Gainesville, GA), Feb. 17, 1991. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Church, Mary L., "The Hills of Habersham," Clarksville, G.A.: Mary L. Church, 1962, pg. 139. 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 GA000514   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000514 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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