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Fairbanks, Avard,
Gorham Manufacturing Company,
Portrait male -- Andrus, Leonard
Occupation -- Industry
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Grand Detour
Sculpture
Andrus Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Fairbanks, Avard, 1897-1987, sculptor.
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
Title:
Andrus Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
1937.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze relief on a stone slab.
Dimensions:
Relief plaque: approx. 4 ft. x 3 ft. x 1 in.; Stone slab: approx. 7 x 4 x 1 ft.
Inscription:
Avard Fairbanks, 1937/The Gorham Co. Founder (On portrait plaque:) ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF/LEONARD ANDRUS/FOUNDER OF THE VILLAGE/OF GRAND DETOUR, ILLINOIS/1835/ADJUCATOR OF LAND CLAIMS/FERRY OPERATOR/CARRIER OF MAIL AND/TRAVELERS/FIRST COMMISSIONER/OF SCHOOLS IN/OGLE COUNTY/MANUFACTURER/VESTRYMAN/LEGISLATOR/IN 1837 LEONARD ANDRUS AND JOHN DEERE BUILT THE FIRST GRAND DETOUR/STEEL MOLD BOARD PLOUGH. THE NEW PLOUGH WAS MADE IN DEERE'S/SHOP IN LIMITED NUMBERS UNTIL ABOUT 1843, WHEN ANDRUS ESTABLISHED ON THIS/SITE A PLOUGH MANUFACTORY WHICH HE OPERATED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1867./AT DIFFERENT TIMES HE HAD AS PARTNERS JOHN DEERE, H.H. PAINE, O.C. LATHROP,/AMOS BOSWORTH, AND THERON CUMINS. THE PRODUCT OF THIS ENTERPRISE STIMULATED/FARM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PRAIRIE STATES AND WAS THE BASIS OF/THE STEELPLOW INDUSTRY. TODAY OTHERS CARRY ON THE IDEALS OF THE FOUNDER signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Relief plaque depicting Leonard Andrus from the waist up, set into a stone slab. A two-sept platform leads up to the memorial plaque, and is inset with two inscribed panels.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Andrus, Leonard -- Waist Length
Occupation -- Industry -- Engineering
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Grand Detour
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by J. I. Case Company, Grand Detour Plow Division, Grand Detour, Illinois
Located Route 2, near the John Deere Historic site, Grand Detour, Illinois
Remarks:
Two bronze plaques on stone platform read: In the belief that this site/and marker deserve care/an individual is unable/to insure this property/has been deeded to the/J.I. Case Company, whose/Grand Detour plow division/has carried on, since 1919,/the plow business established/in this village in 1837. The inscription on the second of two nearby plaques reads: Because of their deep interest/in this community and/affection for their father/William C. Andrus and Leonard Andrus II/retained title to this property/throughout their lifetimes./To fulfill their wish that/the significance of this/site be preserved, a marker/has been erected here. Both plaques also read: The Gorham Co. Providence RI.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.
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 IL000175
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