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Lions Park Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Lions Park Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1953. Medium:  Sculpture: limestone; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 31 x 27 x 61 in.; Base: approx. 37 x 52 x 87 in. Inscription:  (On upper plaque on base:) THIS LION DONATED IN LOVING MEMORY/OF OUR PARENTS/HENRY & WILHELMINE FRANKE/WILLIAM FRANKE EMMA FRANKE/BERTHE FRANKE BUEHLER CLARA FRANKE (On lower plaque on base:) LIONS PARK/THE CENTRAL LIONS CLUB OF FORT WAYNE/DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE/GAVE THE LAND AND SPONSORED THIS PARK/1953 unsigned Description:  Reclining male lion gazing alertly; shaggy mane, tail curled along his proper left side. Rests on tapered concrete pedestal. Subject:  Animal -- Lion Homage -- Franke,Henry Homage -- Franke, Wilhelmine Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Fort Wayne, Parks Department, 705 East State Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805 Located Lions Park, North Carew Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana Remarks:  In 1953, the Central Lions Club of Fort Wayne donated fourteen acres to the Fort Wayne Parks Department. Members of the Lions Club cleared the land and seeded the future park. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. SOS Assessment Award, 1998. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 IN000237   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IN000237 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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