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    		• Homage -- Rood
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Ludlow
     
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    Rood Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Rood Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1912.
    Medium: 
    Granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 9 x 3 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On east side:) CHARLES D. ROOD/IN MEMORY OF MY BELOVED/FATHER AND MOTHER/1815 J. DEXTER ROOD 1890/1819 CLARISSA WALKER ROOD 1905/ROOD (On west side:) PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS OF LUDLOW, THE DEAR OLD TOWN OF MY NATIVITY CHARLES D. ROOD 1912 ROOD
    Description: 
    A slender obelisk extends from the top of a rectangular inscription tablet. The sides of the tablet are adorned with semicircular planters.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Rood
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Ludlow
    Obelisk
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Ludlow, Ludlow, Massachusetts
    Located Center Street, Ludlow, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was installed in memory of J. Dexter and Clarissa Walker Rood by their son, Charles D. Rood, a self-made millionaire. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    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 MA000609
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