Greeley Square Park

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Horace Greeley

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Artist:	Alexander Doyle
Dedicated:	May 30, 1894
Location:	32nd Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
Description:	Seated figure on integral plinth (over life-size),on pedestal
Materials:	Bronze, Quincy granite (polished)
Foundry:	Henry Bonnard Bronze Co
Donor:	New York Typographical Union No. 6
Cast:	1892

Inscription

THIS STATUE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT / NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
NO. 6 / WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK BY / HORACE GREELY
POST NO. 577 G.A.R. / NEW YORK TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO.6 AND/
BROOKLYN TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. 98 / GIVEN TO THE CITY OF NEW
YORK IN 1890

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