The Horace Greeley Memorial, (sculpture).

The Horace Greeley Memorial, (sculpture).

Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930, sculptor.

Deacy, William Henry, 1890-1967, architect.

Jno. Williams, Inc., founder.

The Horace Greeley Memorial, (sculpture).

Dedicated Feb. 3, 1914.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: Pompton pink granite or marble.

Sculpture: approx. H. 9 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 10 ft. x 7 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 4 in.

(On bronze plaque on front of marble base, raised lettering:) HORACE GREELEY/PRINTER.EDITOR.STATESMAN./1811-1872/THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED BY HIS APPRECIATIVE/COUNTRYMEN THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE/CHAPPAQUA HISTORICAL SOCIETY/UNVEILED FEBRUARY 3, 1914/MEMORIAL COMMITTEE/JOHN I.D. BRISTOL, PRESIDENT JACOB ERLICH, TREASURER/VICTOR GUINZBURG, VICE PRESIDENT EDWIN BEDEL, SECRETARY/MORGAN COWPERTHWAIT ROBERT HAVILAND/GEORGE HUNT WILBUR HYATT GEORGE D. MACERY/HIRAM E. MANVILLE JOHN MCKESSON, JR. ALFRED H. SMITH/LOREN O. THOMPSON ROBERT TURNER/SCULPTOR/WILLIAM ORDWAY PARTRIDGE/ARCHITECT/WILLIAM HENRY DEACY unsigned

Horace Greeley stands holding a folded newspaper in his proper left hand at his side. His proper left foot is forward and he faces slightly to his proper left. Greeley is balding and wears a beard and sideburns. He is dressed in a knee-length waistcoat and jacket. The sculpture is mounted on a tapered pink stone base. The sculpture is placed in a circular landscaped area.

Portrait male -- Greeley, Horace -- Full Length

Occupation -- Industry -- Printing

Occupation -- Writer -- Editor

Occupation -- Other -- Reformer

Occupation -- Political -- Statesman

Object -- Written Matter -- Newspaper

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Chappaqua

Administered by Town of Newcastle, Department of Public Works, 280 Hunts Lane, Chappaqua, New York 10514

Located Sawmill Parkway, Chappaqua, New York

The sculpture cost $30,000 and was installed by the Chappaqua Historical Society. Greeley lived in Chappaqua during the latter part of his life. As a young man, Greeley worked as a printer in New York City and later became the first president of the Typographical Union. He is perhaps best known as the founder and editor of the New York Tribune where he spoke out against slavery and other injustices. His cry, "Go West, young man!" encouraged citizens to open the resources of the West. Greeley was chief founder of the Republican Party and a prime force behind the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for president. He later ran unsuccessfully for president against Ulysses S. Grant. Greeley died in 1872.

A ground breaking ceremony for the sculpture was held on February 4, 1911 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Greeley's birth on February 3, 1811. The sculpture was dedicated on Greeley's 103rd birthday, February 3, 1914. The sculpture was installed across from the Chappaqua railroad station overlooking the Greeley homestead. The sculpture was cast by Jno. Williams, Inc. Architect William Henry Deacy designed the base. IAS files contain a related article from the Patent Trader, Sept. 11, 1971; and transcripts of related articles from the New York Tribune, Sept. 22, 1910; the New York Press, Nov. 27, 1910 and Nov. 28, 1910; the New York Times, Sept. 11, 1910; and the New York Herald, Feb. 4, 1911.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.

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