Thomas Goodall, (sculpture).

Thomas Goodall, (sculpture).

Horrigan, John, 1864-1939, sculptor.

Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.

Jones Brothers Company, fabricator.

Thomas Goodall, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 13, 1917. Relocated 1967. Rededicated Oct. 18, 1997.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite

Standing portrait of Thomas Goodall, his left hand holding the lapel of his overcoat. The sculpture is installed atop a square granite base adorned with inscription plaques.

Portrait male -- Goodall, Thomas -- Full length

Occupation -- Industry -- Manufacturing

Occupation -- Industry -- Textiles

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Sanford

Central Square, Sanford, Maine

Thomas Goodall (1823-1910) was the founder of a mill complex known as Goodall Industries, a successful textile business that manufactured wool blankets, and mohair plush and Palm Beach fabric. Goodall was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England on Sept. 1, 1823. Orphaned at age three, he began working in a mill at age ten, and was running the mill by age 17. He arrived in America in 1846 at age twenty-three, and traveled throughout New England, buying his first mill in Troy, N.H. when he was twenty-nine, and began manufacturing horse blankets. In 1867, at age forty-four, he came to Sanford and started Goodall Industries. The sculpture was commissioned in 1917 by the Sanford Board of Trade to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Goodall's arrival in Maine. The sculpture cost $6,700, which was raised by the residents of Sanford. The sculpture stood in the middle of Maine Street, facing down Washington Street toward the textile mills that Goodall founded, until 1967, when the sculpture was moved into Central Square (also known as Central Park and Willard Park), to reduce traffic problems. The sculpture was cast by Gorham and the base was designed by Elmer Hobbs of the Jones Manufacturing Company. For additional information see the Sanford Tribune, Oct. 19, 1917.

SOS Achievement Award, 1998.

Sanford News, Oct. 15, 1996, pg. 1.

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