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Homage -- Bricknell, John
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
Sculpture
(Brickell Memorial), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Brickell Memorial), (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1930.
Medium:
Bronze plaque on a stone on a concrete base.
Dimensions:
Boulder: approx. 53 x 44 x 24 in.; Plaque: approx. H. 30 in. x W. 24 in.; Base: approx. 7 x 48 x 36 in.
Inscription:
(Bronze plaque:) ON THIS SPOT THE FIRST CABIN/IN COLUMBUS/WAS BUILT BY ITS FIRST INHABITANT/JOHN BRICKLE 1797/BORN STEWARTS CROSSING, PENN. 1781./CAPTURED BY A DELAWARE INDIAN 1791/ADOPTED BY CHIEF OF THAT TRIBE/WHINGWAY POOSHIES (BIG CAT) WHO/LIVED ON THE AUGLAIZE RIVER./RELEASED BY TREATY OF GREENVILLE/1795/BECAME OWNER BY PURCHASE OF/LYNE STARLING AND VARIOUS REFUGEE/HOLDERS OF LAND EXTENDING FROM/BROAD STREET TO BUTTLES AVENUE/DIED A RESPECTED MAN/ONE BLOCK NORTH AT CORNER/OF SPRING STREET IN 1848./ERECTED BY FRANKLIN COUNTY/PIONEER ASSOCIATION 1930 unsigned
Description:
A bronze plaque inscribed with text relating to John Brickell, mounted on a boulder rock which in turn rests on a concrete base.
Subject:
Homage -- Bricknell, John
History -- United States -- Ohio
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
Sculpture
Owner:
Located Alexander Park, Long Street on east side of Scioto River, Columbus, Ohio
Remarks:
IAS files contain a copy of The City Bulletin from Nov. 23, 1929 which includes a motion by the Franklin County Pioneer Association to erect a monument to John Bricknell, the first citizen of Columbus. IAS files contain an unidentified publication which gives a preliminary history of the forming of the Franklin County Pioneer Association. IAS files also contain excerpts from William T. Marten's "History of Franklin County," Columbus, Follet, Foster, and Co., 1858, pg. 110-121, which includes diariy writings from Bricknell.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1992.
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 OH000055
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000055
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