(Pioneer Memorial), (sculpture).

(Pioneer Memorial), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Pioneer Memorial), (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 1905.

Approx. 44 x 22 x 22 in.

(On top:) In memory/of the/pioneer members/of this church/1805-1905 (Twenty-eight names of Church founders are incised on the front) (Names of ten pastors of the Church and the dates they served are incised on the back) unsigned

Sculpted tree trunk has an unrolled scroll draped over it. Both the scroll and the front of the tree trunk have names incised of the founders and pastors of the Church.

History -- United States -- Westward Expansion

Landscape -- Tree

Object -- Written Matter -- Scroll

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Granville

First Presbyterian Church of Granville, Broadway & South Main, Granville, Ohio 43023

Monument commemorated the centennial of the town of Granville in 1905, and also the founders and pastors of the Church. IAS files include the names of the founders and pastors listed on the sculpture.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1993.

"Granville Jubilee," [Granville, OH]: Granville Times Press, 1955, pg. 62.

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