Major Clarence Barrett Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Major Clarence Barrett Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Fry, Sherry Edmundson, 1879-1966, sculptor.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

Major Clarence Barrett Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Barrett Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).

Installed 1915. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1915. Relocated 1945.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: Tennessee marble.

Sculpture: approx. 8 x 4 x 2 ft.; Base: 5 ft. x 9 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 3 in.

(On lower front right side of sculpture:) S.E. FRY 1915 (On lower left side of sculpture:) Roman Bronze Works, N.Y. (On front of base:) MEMORIAL TO MAJOR/CLARENCE T. BARRETT (On back of base:) Erected In Loving Memory Of/1840-Major Clarence T. Barrett-1906/A Faithful Active Citizen Of/Richmond Borough,/Who Served With Distinction/Through The Civil War,/A Descendant Of/Colonel James Barrett,/Commander At Battle Of Concord,/April 1775./Loyal, Honest, Brave And True. signed Founder's mark appears.

A standing figure of a warrior in classical dress with spear and shield in proper left hand, his proper right arm outstretched. Reliefs of classical soldiers and women appear on the semicircular base.

Homage -- Barrett, Clarence

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military

Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Staten Island

Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021

Located Stuyvesant Place and Borough Hall, Staten Island, New York

Formerly located Barrett Triangle, South of Staten Island Borough Hall, Staten Island, New York 1915-1945.

Clarence Barrett was a prominent Staten Island landscape architect and civil engineer. This memorial was a gift of Mrs. Julia O. Hardin, Trustee of money left by Mrs. C. F. Barrett for the dedication of a fountain memorial to the late Major Clarence F. Barrett. Memorial cost 10,000 dollars. Sculpture was relocated in 1945 from a triangular park space south of Borough Hall to its present site. The base is frequently covered with graffiti such as marker, spray paint, chalk, and lipstick, but is repainted three times a year. For more information on the memorial see: Art Commission of the City of New York, "Catalogue of the Works of Art Beloning to the City of New York, vol. II, pg. 11-12. Inventory image files contain a 1987 photograph of the monument from the Art Commission of the City of New York files.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 13.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1992.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY5072, 1989.

Monumental News, April 1915, pg. 221.

Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 13.

Monumental News, April 1915, cover.

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