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Homage -- Sullivant, Lucas
Obelisk
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
Sculpture
Obelisk in Franklinton Cemetery, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Obelisk in Franklinton Cemetery, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1931.
Medium:
Granite.
Dimensions:
Approx. 26 x 6 x 6 ft.
Inscription:
(Incised on obelisk, near bottom:) IN MEMORY OF/THE PIONEERS/AND LUCAS SULLIVANT/FOUNDER OF FRANKLINTON/LATER CALLED COLUMBUS/1797/ERECTED BY/THE WEST SIDE BOARD OF TRADE/COMMITTEE (LIST OF 7 NAMES) 1931 (Incised, on other side of obelisk:) IN THIS CHURCHYARD/STOOD THE FIRST CHURCH/OF THE COMMUNITY/THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH/BUILT AND PRESENTED TO/THE CONGREGATION IN 1811/BY LUCAS SULLIVANT/HERE IN THIS POLOT OF GROUND/WHICH HE GAVE TO THE PIONEERS,/HE WAS BURIED, AND LATER/REMOVED TO GREEN LAWN CEMETERY. unsigned
Subject:
Homage -- Sullivant, Lucas
Object Type:
Obelisk
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Columbus, Parks and Recreation Department, 90 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Located River Street, north of West Broad Street, west of Sandusky Street near Davis Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1994.
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 OH000140
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