Stage Fort Settlement, (sculpture).

Stage Fort Settlement, (sculpture).

Pike, Morgan Faulds, sculptor.

Paul King Foundry, founder.

Stage Fort Settlement, (sculpture).

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Relief plaque: cast bronze with brown patina; Base: Rockport granite.

Relief plaque: approx. 30 x 24 x 4 in.; Base: approx. 4 x 3 x 2 ft.

Morgan Foulds Pike, 1985 (On relief plaque, raised:) STAGE FORT/(Relief seaside of crashing waves, shoreside trees, and boulders)/SETTLED IN 1623 signed

A relief plaque set within a large boulder. The plaque contains raised inscriptions at the top and bottom and between them, a bordered bas-relief of a seascape depicting stylized waves crashing up against a rocky shoreline with a solitary bare tree. Off in the distance a schooner-type vessel sails out to sea.

History -- United States -- Massachusetts

Landscape -- Massachusetts -- Stage Fort

Waterscape -- Coast

Architecture -- Boat -- Sailing Ship

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester

Administered by City of Gloucester, Community Development, 22 Poplar Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930

Located Stage Fort Park, Hough Street, half-way up hill toward playground, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Stage Fort, near present day Gloucester, was settled in 1623.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.

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