St. Joseph and the Child Jesus, (sculpture).

St. Joseph and the Child Jesus, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Muldoon Monument Company, contractor.

St. Joseph and the Child Jesus, (sculpture).

Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus, (sculpture).

Installed 1853. Relocated 1926 and 1995.

White Carrara marble.

Approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.

(Plaque on front of sculpture reads:) This statue of Saint Joseph, Foster/Father of Jesus, reminds us to care/for those in need.

A marble sculpture of St. Joseph and Child placed at the main entrance of St. Joseph Hospital. St. Joseph is seen barefoot, in robes, with proper right hand to chest, holding flowers. The child is on St. Joseph's proper left and stands gazing upward. He holds a broken cross in his proper left hand.

Religion -- Saint -- St. Joseph

Religion -- New Testament -- Christ

Emblem -- Cross

St. Joseph Hospital, 1 St. Joseph Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40504

Formerly located St. Joseph Infirmary, 735 Eastern Parkway, Lexington, Kentucky

Formerly located St. Joseph Infirmary, Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky

Statue was initially installed in front of original St. Joseph Infirmary on Fourth Street in Louisville, where it remained from approximately 1853 to 1926. In 1926, when St. Joseph Infirmary built its new home at Eastern Parkway and Preston Streets, the statue was moved and placed above the entrance to the new building. When additional remodelling was done and the entrance was changed to the Preston Street side, the statue was moved to the center panel of the building facing Eastern Parkway.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1995.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, KY0049, 1989.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Altrusa Club of Louisville, "Cut, Cast, Carved," Louisville, KY: Chamber of Commerce, 1974.

Monumental News, June, 1903, pg. 384.

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