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    		• Rossi, Dario,
     
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    		• Smith, Ben G.,
     
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    		• Johnson, Russell,
     
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    		• Harmony Blue Granite Company,
     
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    		• Suttles Construction Company,
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Bench
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Elberton Granite Bicentennial Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rossi, Dario, sculptor.
    Smith, Ben G., designer.
    Johnson, Russell, assistant.
    Harmony Blue Granite Company, fabricator.
    Suttles Construction Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Elberton Granite Bicentennial Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Bicentennial Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Eagle, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1976. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1976.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Eagle: granite; Shaft: granite and concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Eagle: approx. H. 3 ft. x W. 35 in.; Shaft: approx H. 10 ft. x 39 ft. 5 in. x D. 34 ft. 9 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Upper front of shaft, below nest:) D.F.R. (On shaft, incised lettering:) (star)/ELBERTON/GRANITE/BICENTENNIAL/MEMORIAL/FOUNTAIN/(three stars)/COMMEMORATING/THE/200TH/ANNIVERSARY/OF/AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE/(three stars)/1776-1976 (Side of shaft, incised lettering:) (star)/DEDICATED (...transcription illegible) (Panel on basin:) (...transcription illegible)/REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD/(...transcription illegible) (On bench, incised lettering:) OTHERS CONTRIBUTING TO BUILDING OF BICENTENNIAL MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN--1976/(list of eight names follow) signed
    ERECTED/DURING/1976/AS A/GIFT/TO/ELBERTON/AND ELBERT COUNTY/BY MEMBER FIRMS/OF THE/ELBERTON GRANITE/ASSOCIATION INC./MAY THIS FOUNTAIN SERVE/AS AN EVERYDAY REMINDER/OF THE ELBERTON GRANITE/INDUSTRY'S INTEREST IN/THIS COMMUNITY AND CON-/TRIBUTIONS TO THIS AREA'S/ECONOMIC AND CIVIC LIFE./DEDICATED/TO/ALL CITIZENS/OF ELBERTON/AND/ELBERT COUNTY/PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE/WHO LOVE THE UNITED/STATES OF AMERICA AND/CHERISH ITS IDEALS OF/LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE/PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS./TWO CENTURIES OF ADVANCEMENT/FROM AMERICA'S FOUNDING IN 1776 TO ITS BICENTENNIAL/YEAR OF 1976 THE STORY OF ELBERT COUNTY IS ONE OF/STEADY ADVANCEMENTS AND PROGRESS IN AGRICULTURE/AND INDUSTRY IN DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES/IN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN/RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL ENDEAVOR AND IN IMPROVERS/AND THE QUALITIES OF LIFE ENJOYED BY ALL IT'S (sic) CITIZENS
    Description: 
    A fountain with an eagle mounted upon a tall granite shaft, set in the center of a basin faced with thirteen granite panels, depicting various periods in Elbert County history from 1776 to 1976. The fountain is in a plaza setting, encircled by a walkway, with a stairway in the front flanked by two benches.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    History -- United States -- Georgia
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
    Fountain
    Bench
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Elberton, 203 Elbert Street, Elberton, Georgia 30635
    Located Sutton Square, Traffic island at north end, Elberton, Georgia 30635
    Remarks: 
    The fountain was sponsored by the Elberton Elbert County Bicentennial Committee and donated by the member firms of the Elberton Granite Association. The fountain commemorates the national Bicentennial, and the thirteen panels on the basin correspond to the number of Colonial states. The eagle was sculpted by Dario Rossi, and the fountain designed by Ben G. Smith. Suttles Construction Company was the general contractor. Russell Johnson drafted the lettering on the granite. IAS files contain a full transcription of names on one of the benches. IAS files contain a related article from the Elberton Graniteer (Winter 1976), cover, pg. 3, discussing the dedication. IAS files contain the following related articles from The Elberton Star: July 2, 1976, pg. 1, 4; Sept. 24, 1976; Oct. 29, 1976; Nov. 9, 1976, pg. 1, 14; Nov. 12, 1976, pg. 1, 7.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Elberton Graniteer (Winter 1976), cover.
    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 GA000397
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