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Illinois Centennial Memorial Column, (sculpture). Artist:  Longman, Evelyn Beatrice, 1874-1954, sculptor. Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924, architect. Shaw, Howard Van Doren, 1869-1926, architect. Steven & Son Co., contractor. Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios, carver. Title:  Illinois Centennial Memorial Column, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Logan Square Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated October 13, 1918. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Column and reliefs: pink Tennessee marble; Base stairs: pink Milford granite. Dimensions:  Column: approx. 65 x 35 x 35 ft.; Reliefs: approx. H. 7 ft. Inscription:  To commemorate the centenary of the admission of Illinois as a sovereign state of the American Union December 3rd 1818. Erected by the Trustees of the B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund/ MCMXVIII/Henry Bacon Arct./ Evelyn B. Longman Sc. (Top band over reliefs:) State Sovereignty. National Union signed Description:  This monument consists of a broad stepped base upon which stands a large relief carved drum which supports a tall, fluted, Doric-style column surmounted by a large eagle with spread wings perched on a prairie boulder. On the drum are reliefs of Indians, showing that they were the original inhabitants of the land; the explorers Pere Marquette, La Salle and Clark; and allegorical figures representing Transportation, Agriculture, Labor and Fine Arts. Also incorporated into the relief band is a seated female figure representing Illinois holding a scroll of law. Subject:  Architecture -- Detail -- Column Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Figure group -- Male Portrait male -- Marquette, Jacques Portrait male -- La Salle, Robert Cavelier Portrait male -- Clark, William Occupation -- Other -- Explorer Ethnic -- Indian History -- United States -- Illinois Figure female Allegory -- Place -- Illinois Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Transportation Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Art Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Logan Square, Intersection of Logan Boulevard and Milwaukee Avenue at Kedzie Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  IAS files contain historical information on work. The Archives Department, at the Art Institute of Chicago, houses original documents concerning work. Commissioned by the B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund to celebrate the state's 100th anniversary. Cost fifty thousand dollars. Inscribed on plaza: Erected by the trustees of the/B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund/MCMXVIII. References:  Samu, Margaret, 2002. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986. Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gary, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 172-173. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 186-187. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0048, 1989. Monumental News, March, 1915; Feb., 1919. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 173. 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 IL000002   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IL000002 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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