Memorial to Charles T. Russell, (sculpture).

Memorial to Charles T. Russell, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Memorial to Charles T. Russell, (sculpture).

Approx. 8 x 8 x 8 ft.

(On side of sculpture facing the road:) I.B.SA (On second side:) RISEN WITH/CHRIST (On third side:) Watch Tower Bible/and Tract Society (On fourth side:) Dead with/Christ (On open Bible on all four sides:) HOLY BIBLE/(list of names) unsigned

A memorial in the shape of a pyramid. Each side of the pyramid has a relief of a cross inside a crown, placed at the center of a wreath. Below this relief, each side of the pyramid has the relief of an inscribed, open Bible. The memorial was originally a pinkish color.

Homage -- Russell, Charles T.

Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy

Object -- Written Matter -- Bible

Emblem -- Cross

Object -- Other -- Wreath

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Ross Township

United Cemetery, 226 Cemetery Lane, Ross Township, Pennsylvania

Charles T. Russell was founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses and the memorial contains the writings of Pastor Russell. The memorial serves as a common marker for surrounding burial plots owned by the Watchtower Society.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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