Greeley Square Park

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Horace Greeley

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