R. C. Fiss and Family, (sculpture).

R. C. Fiss and Family, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

R. C. Fiss and Family, (sculpture).

Figure: granite; Base; granite.

Figure: approx. 5 ft. x 14 in. x 14 in.; Base; approx. 7 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 9 in.

(On front of base, raised letters:) R.C.FISS/AND/FAMILY

Full-length male standing figure. He wears a knee-length coat, vest, tie and fedora hat. He hands are at his side and his feet are together. The sculpture is mounted atop a tiered granite base.

Portrait male -- Fiss, R. C. -- Full length

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Shamokin Dam

Orchard Hills Cemetery & Memorial Garden, Traffic circle, Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania 17876

R. C. Fiss was the father of Ira T. Fiss and the two of the constructed the first stretch of "State Road" in the county through Shamokin Dam. For further information on the Fiss family, see Snyder County Historical Society, vol. 3, pg. 1447-1450.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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