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Bicentennial Plaza, (sculpture). Artist:  Lee, Frank, sculptor. Rutter, Joseph, designer. Title:  Bicentennial Plaza, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 13, 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: concrete topped with a boulevard light; Basin: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 14 ft. 4 in. x 42 in. x 42 in.; Basin: approx. 47 in. x 19 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (Incised on each side of hexagonal shaft, under images of smokestacks:) GREENWOOD/1898-1925//LORENA/1895-1916//KANAWHA/1896-1916//BETSY ANN/1899-1931//TIN. BARNSDALL/1890-1904//LIBERTY/1912-1936 (On plaque on right of basin:) BICENTENNIAL PLAZA/Dedicated on July 13, 1987 to commemorate the Bicentennial/of the Ordinance of 1787, and the 200th birthdate of Marietta,/the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory./Richard F. Celeste, Governor, State of Ohio/Thomas W. Johnson, State Representative/Robert Ney, State Senator/Nancy Putnam Hollister, Mayor/Marietta Bicentennial Commission/With Grateful appreciation to the following contributors: (List of contributors and a brief history of the Public Landing follows) unsigned Description:  A hexagonal shaft rises above a fountain divided into three hexagonal shapes. Incised designs of smokestacks appear on each side the shaft; each is unique, and the names and dates of their respective ships appear under the images. Subject:  Architecture -- Boat -- Steamer Architecture -- Boat -- Greenwood Architecture -- Boat -- Lorena Architecture -- Boat -- Kanawah Architecture -- Boat -- Betsy Ann Architecture -- Boat -- Tin Barnsdall Architecture -- Boat -- Liberty Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Marietta Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Marietta, Department of Parks & Recreation, 304 Putnam Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750 Located Public landing at the junction of Front & Green Streets, Marietta, Ohio Remarks:  Commemorates the "Public Landing," and the use of the Ohio River as means of trade and passenger travel. IAS files include the texts of nearby commemorative plaques, which lists the names of the donors, and gives a brief history of the Public Landing. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus 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 OH000343   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000343 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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