Jacques Marquette Memorial, (sculpture).

Jacques Marquette Memorial, (sculpture).

Kemeys, Edward, 1843-1907, sculptor.

MacNeil, Hermon A., 1866-1947, sculptor.

Bradley, Amy Aldis, sculptor.

Holabird & Root, architectural firm.

Jacques Marquette Memorial, (sculpture).

Marquette Building Doors, (sculpture).

Marquette Building Relief Panels, (sculpture).

Double doors: approx. 8 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. 4 in. x 3 in.; Revolving doors: approx. H. 8 ft. 7 in. W. 6 ft. 5 in. Diam. 7 ft.; Each of four relief panels above doors: approx. 4 ft. x 7 ft. 4 in.x 6 in.

(On lower left of south relief panel over door:) MACNEIL (Below south panel:) "TO FOLLOW THOSE WATERS +++ WHICH WILL/HENCE FORTH LEAD VS INTO STRANGE LANDS" (On lower left of south middle relief panel over door:) MACNEIL 1897 (Below south middle panel:) "IN VAIN I SHOWED THE CALVMET +++TO EXPLAIN/THAT WE HAD NOT COME AS ENEMIES" (On lower right of north middle relief panel over door:) MACNEIL 95 (Below north middle panel:) "PASSING TWO LEAGVES VP THE RIVER WE RESOLVED/TO WINTER THERE +++ BEING DETAINED BY ILLNESS" (On lower right of north relief panel over door:) MACNEIL (Below north panel:) THE DE PROFVNDIS WAS INTONED +++ THE BODY/WAS THEN CARRIED TO THE CHURCH" signed

Four bronze relief panels above the Dearborn Street doors which depict the travels of Marquette and Joliet, and the hardships of Marquette's second visit to Chicago are by Hermon Atkins MacNeil. The decorative treatment of the bronze revolving doors and the double doors including the panther heads on the push plates, is the work of Edward Kemeys. Kemeys also executed the bronze plaques over each elevator door in the lobby. These contain busts of important Indian leaders of the Mississippi Valley and leading early explorers. Two of the busts, those of Marquette and Joliet, are not by Kemeys; they are the work of Amy Aldis Bradley.

Portrait male -- Marquette, Jacques

Portrait male -- Joliet, Louis

Occupation -- Other -- Explorer

Ethnic -- French

Ethnic -- Indian

History -- United States -- Illinois

Animal -- Panther

Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago

Administered by Rubloff Realtors, 111 West Washington, Chicago, Illinois 60602

Located Marquette Building, 140 South Dearborn Street, Facade and Entrance lobby, Chicago, Illinois

Works in bronze on the facade and in the lobby of the Marquette Building constitute a memorial to Jacques Marquette according to the building's developer, Owen Aldis. One of MacNeil reliefs is reproduced in the Riedy publication and one is reproduced in the Bach and Gray publication. The Kemeys pieces and the Amy Aldis Bradley pieces are not reproduced in these publications.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.

Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 58-59.

Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 26-27.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL5070, 1989.

Monumental News, Dec. 1894, pg. 600.

Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg.59.

Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 27.

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