Grant Gore

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Ulysses Simpson Grant

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Location: Bedford Avenue and Bergen Street
Sculptor: William Ordway Partridge
Description: Equestrian figure on integral plinth on pedestal
Materials: Bronze, dark Barre granite
Dimensions: Figure H: 12' W: 18' D: 26'; Pedestal H: 15'2" W: 18'6" D: 34'
Cast: 1896
Dedicated: April 27, 1896
Foundry: M.H. Mosman, Chicopee, MA
Donor: Union League of Brooklyn
Inscription: 1) pedestal front: "GRANT"

2) pedestal rear: "PRESENTED / TO THE CITY / BY THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB / OF
BROOKLYN / APRIL 27TH 189"

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