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Tremont Columns, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Tremont Columns, (sculpture). Dates:  1828. Relocated 1894. Medium:  Sculptures: granite; Bases: granite. Dimensions:  2 pieces. Each sculpture: approx. H. 20 ft.; Each base: approx. 5 x 5 x 5 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Two Doric columns, each with twenty flutes, set at opposite ends of the park. The column at the Park Avenue has a two-course octagonal pedestal and no ornament above the Doric capital. The column at Salisbury and Dean Streets is topped by a granite sphere and has only a single octagonal course for a pedestal. Subject:  Architecture -- Detail -- Column Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Worcester Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Worcester, Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery Department, 125 Green Hill Parkway, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605 Located Institute Park, Worcester, Massachusetts Provenance:  Formerly located Tremont House, Boston, Massachusetts Remarks:  The columns (minus the sphere) were originally part of the portico of the Tremont House in Boston. When the house was torn down, Stephen Salisbury III purchased two of the columns and had them shipped to Worcester. In 1894, the columns were installed as boundary markers for the new Institute Park, the park land donated by Salisbury. IAS files contain an April 3, 1986, Monument Inventory sheet from the City of Worcester's Parks and Recreation Department. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994. 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 MA000124   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA000124 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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