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    		• Colby, Horace F.,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Belknap, Charles Eugene
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Charles Eugene Belknap, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Colby, Horace F., 1901-1966, sculptor.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Charles Eugene Belknap, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Captain Charles E. Belknap, (sculpture).
    General Charles E. Belknap, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1931. Dedicated Dec. 26, 1931. Relocated 1975.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. x 3 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 5 x 4 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front proper left of bronze base, incised lettering:) HORACE COLBY SC./1931 (On rear, proper left:) Roman Bronze/Works NY (Plaque on front of base, raised lettering:) CHARLES EUGENE BELKNAP/DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER/WORTHY PUBLIC OFFICIAL/SELF SACRIFICING CITIZEN/FAITHFUL FRIEND/--/BORN AT MASSENA, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY/NEW YORK, OCTOBER 17, 1846/SETTLED IN GRAND RAPIDS 1864/SERVED FOUR YEARS IN CIVIL WAR/AS CAPTAIN OF COMPANY H 21ST MICHIGAN INFANTRY/AND AIDE TO GENERAL PHIL SHERIDAN/CHAIRMAN OF CHICAMAUGUA MEMORIAL COMMISSION/HISTORIAN OF ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND/FOUNDER OF BELKNAP WAGON WORKS/A FOUNDER OF GRAND RAPIDS FIRE DEPARTMENT/MEMBER OF BOARD OF EDUCATION SEVEN YEARS/ALDERMAN FROM THE OLD SEVENTH WARD/MAYOR OF THE CITY 1884/MEMBER OF CONGRESS 1889-1892/BOY SCOUT COMMISSIONER 1922-1929/PATRON OF CAMP FIRE GIRLS/RACONTEUR AND PUBLISHER OF PIONEER EXPERIENCES/DIED JANUARY 16, 1929/BURIED IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY/THIS MEMORIAL ORIGINALLY INSPIRED BY THE BOY SCOUTS/AND CAMP FIRE GIRLS HAS BEEN ERECTED BY FRIENDS WHO/ADMIRED CAPTAIN BELKNAPS PATRIOTIC PUBLIC SERVICES/HIS WINSOME FRIENDLINESS AND SIMPLICITY AND THE/PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY OF HIS EXEMPLARY LIFE signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Standing figure of Boy Scout Commissioner Charles Eugene Belknap with a moustache. He is depicted wearing a Boy Scout uniform, his proper left hand holding a wide-brimmed hat and his proper right hand touching the pocket of his jacket. Vines are behind his legs. The sculpture is mounted upon a multitiered base, set upon a foundation, with a bench in front of it inscribed "DO A GOOD TURN DAILY."
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Belknap, Charles Eugene -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Captain
    Occupation -- Political -- Mayor
    Occupation -- Political -- Congressman
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Occupation -- Writer
    Dress -- Uniform -- Scout Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Grand Rapids, Parks and Recreation Department, 201 Market Street, S.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
    Located Belknap Memorial Park, Coldbrook & Plainfield N.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Baldwin Park, Lake Drive & East Fulton, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1931-1975.
    Remarks: 
    Charles Eugene Belknap (1846-1929) was a prominent Grand Rapids citizen with a multifaceted career. He served in the Civil War as Captain, was founder of Belknap Wagon Works, and was also a founder of the Grand Rapids Fire Department. He was an alderman, member of Congress, and Mayor of Grand Rapids in 1884. He was a patron of the Camp Fire Girls, and was Commissioner of the Boy Scouts at the time of his death. Captain Belknap was a historian and writer, author of "The Yesterdays of Grand Rapids."
    This monument, inspired by the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls, was funded by the community. In 1931, it was installed in Baldwin Park as a temporary location, but it was not until 1975 that the city moved the sculpture to Belknap Memorial Park IAS files contain an excerpt from Fay L. Hendry's "Outdoor Sculpture in Grand Rapids," Okemos, MI: Iota Press, 1990, pg. 78-79.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
    Hendry, Fay L., "Outdoor Sculpture in Kalamazoo," Okemos, Michigan: iota Press, 1980, pg. 78.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Grand Rapids Public Library, 1976.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Hendry, Fay L., "Outdoor Sculpture in Grand Rapids," Okemos, Michigan: iota Press, 1980, pg. 78.
    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 76000740
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