(Thomas Morgan Monument), (sculpture).

(Thomas Morgan Monument), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Thomas Morgan Monument), (sculpture).

Dedicated Aug. 1891.

Sculpture: white marble or limestone; Base: red granite, gray granite, and limestone.

Sculpture: approx. H. 5 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 8 ft.

(Front of red granite section of base:) TO THE MEMORY OF/THOMAS MORGAN/AGED 19 YEARS/WHO WAS DROWNED/JAN. 16, 1891,/IN AN ATTEMPT/TO SAVE THE LIFE OF/PAUL BEDELION/HIS COMPANION. (Front of lower gray granite section:) THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/BY THE PEOPLE TO COMMEMORATE/HIS UNSELFISH AND HEROIC ACT. unsigned

Standing figure of a Greek or Roman maiden dressed in a toga, her long hair drawn back and her head lowered. In her hands she holds a wreath in front of her. The sculpture rests on a tall, square base composed of two types of granite. At the top of the base is a gray granite segment engraved with a wreath on each face. Below this is a square column of red granite that rests on a shorter, but wider gray granite section. The granite base rests a larger limestone slab.

Homage -- Morgan, Thomas

Figure female -- Full length

Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress

Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Winfield

Administered by City of Winfield, School District, Winfield, Kansas

Located Winfield Middle School, Southwest corner of grounds, on 9th, Winfield, Kansas

Formerly located Winfield High School, Winfield, Kansas

Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.

Sculpture is in memory of Thomas Morgan, who drowned on January 16, 1891, at the age of nineteen while attempting to save the life of a friend, Paul Bedelion. The sculpture is installed on the grounds of the old Winfield High School, now the Winfield Middle School. For related reading see George Martin's "Memorial Monuments and Tablets in Kansas," pg. 258, in Kansas Historical Collections 11, 1910. For additional information see the Winfield Daily Courier, Feb. 2, 1979.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995.

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