Central Park

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• Location: 59th Street and Central Park West, Columbus Circle
• Sculptor: Attilio Piccirilli (colossal group and figures); Charles Keck ("In Memoriam" plaque)
• Architect: Harold Van Buren Magonigle
• Description: Pylon fountain embellished with colossal group, nine figures (heroic scale), and frieze; three plaques (two large, one small); four gate houses, each with a door and three low reliefs
• Materials: Pylon--Maine granite; colossal group--bronze (gilded); figures--Tennessee pink marble; plaques--bronze; gate houses--marble; gate house doors--bronze; gate house reliefs--granite
• Dimensions: Total H: 63' L: 74' W: 55'; Pylon face W: 17'9" at bottom, 15' at top; side, W: 15'6" at bottom, 13' at top; Base L 21'6" W: 19'; Colossal group H: 20'; Large plaques H: 1'1" W: 1'3"; Small plaque H: 6" W: 10"; Each gate house H: 12'6" L: 9' W: 9'
• Cast: September 1, 1912
• Dedicated: May 30, 1913
• Foundry: Jno. Williams Inc., Bronze Foundry, NY ("In Memoriam" plaque)
• Donor: National Maine Monument Fund (raised by public subscription); United Spanish War Veterans (Chidwick plaque only)
• Inscription: 1) Front group, proper right: ATTILIO PICCIRILLI SCVLPTOR /
  
  2) Front group, proper left: HAROLD VAN BVREN MAGONIGLE FAIA ARCHITECT /
  
  3) Front: TO / THE VALIANT SEAMEN / WHO PERISHED IN THE / MAINE / BY FATE VNWARNED / IN DEATH VNAFRAID /---/ MDCCCXCVIII / MCMXII /
  
  4) Above rear group: TO THE FREEMEN / WHO DIED IN THE / WAR WITH SPAIN / THAT OTHERS / MIGHT BE FREE /---/ MDCCCXCVIII / MCMXII /
  
  5) Below rear group: ERECTED THROVGH PVBLIC SVBSCRIPTION / BY THE NATIONAL MAINE MONVMENT COMMITTEE / JAMES GRANT WILSON --- CHAIRMAN / WILLIAM R HEARST --- GEORGE F SHRADY / JOHN W KELLER --- J EDWARD SIMMONS /
  
  6) Plaque, proper right of rear group: IN MEMORY OF RT. REV. MSGR. JOHN P. CHIDWICK / CHAPLAIN IN CHIEF / UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS / CHAPLAIN, UNITED STATES NAVY, / IN SERVICE ON THE / BATTLESHIP MAINE / AT THE TIME OF HER DESTRUCTION. / DEDICATED BY / THE SPANISH WAR VETERANS / SEPTEMBER 15, 1935. /
  
  7) Plaque, proper left of rear group: IN MEMORIAM /---/ U.S.S. MAINE / DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR / FEBRUARY 15th 1898 / THIS TABLET IS CAST FROM METAL RECOVERED FROM THE U.S.S. MAINE /
  
  8) Plaque, proper left of Pacific Ocean figure: ILLUMINATION PROVIDED / IN MEMORY OF / E. BARTLEY OSBORN / BY HIS LOVING WIFE / GLORIA / 1983 /
  

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