Spanish-American War Memorial: Soldier, (sculpture).

Spanish-American War Memorial: Soldier, (sculpture).

Tilden, Douglas, 1860-1935, sculptor.

Tilden, Wright, sculptor.

Coxhead, Ernest, 1863-1933, architect.

Globe Brass & Bell Foundry, founder.

Spanish-American War Memorial: Soldier, (sculpture).

Soldier, (sculpture).

H. D. Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).

Second Oregon Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

Oregon Volunteers Memorial, (sculpture).

Oregon Volunteers of the Spanish-American War Monument, (sculpture).

1903-1906. Dedicated May 30, 1906.

Figure: bronze; Base: Barre granite and/or concrete.

Figure: approx. 6 x 5 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 18 x 5 x 5 ft.

(On figure's plinth:) Douglas Tilden (Front of upper base, incised:) ERECTED/BY/THE/CITIZENS/OF/OREGON/TO/THE/DEAD/OF/THE/SECOND/OREGON/VNITED/STATES/VOLVNTEER/INFANTRY/ANNO/DOMINI/MDCCCCIV (On back of upper base is an extensive list of proper names) (Front of lower base, incised:) FIRST IN GVAM/FIRST IN PHILIPPINES signed

Male figure stands in an active pose holding a rifle in both hands. He is clothed in Spanish-American War era military uniform, including a full-brimmed hat tipped back, exposing thick wavy hair. Figure stands on a tall pedestal that forms the upper base. A circular stepped base forms the lower base. The memorial is surrounded by a circle of shrubs and bark chips which is in turn surrounded by eight columns approximately two feet high which are connected with black chain link. On the north and south sides of the memorial are two cannons.

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Portland

Administered by City of Portland, Metropolitan Arts Commission, 1120 S.W. 5th Avenue, Suite 1023, Portland, Oregon 97204

Located Lownsdale Square, S.W. 4th between Main & Salmon Streets, Portland, Oregon

Erected by the citizens of Oregon. Dedicated to the Spanish-American war dead of the Second Oregon U.S. Volunteers Infantry. The cost was $15,000. IAS files contain transcriptions of inscriptions on cannons and columns linked by chain. For related newspaper article see: The Oregonian (Portland, OR), May 31, 1906. For related books see: "Portland's Public Art: A Guide and History," by Norma Catherine Gleason and Chet Orloff, [Portland, OR]: Western Imprints, [1983], pg. 45; and Eugene E. Snyder's "Portland Potpourri: Art, Fountains & Old Friends," Portland, OR: Binford & Mort Publishing, 1991, pg. 107-117.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1993.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Oregon Historical Society, 1976.

Gleason, Norma Catherine & Chet Orloff, "Portland's Public Art: a guide and history," [Portland, OR]: Western Imprints, [1983], pg. 108-114.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, OR7003, OR7005, OR7011, 1989.

Monumental News, Nov. 1903; July 1905; Nov. 1905.

Monumental News, July 1905, pg. 547.

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