Henry Hudson Park

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Henry Hudson Memorial

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Location: Henry Hudson Parkway and 227th Street
Sculptor: Karl Gruppe, Karl Bitter
Architect: Walter Cook; Babb, Cook, Welch
Description: Doric column, panels, statue
Materials: Milford pink granite, bronze
Dimensions: Column H:100' W: 17'7" Diameter: 19'7"; Statue H:.17'; Panels: H: 7'2" W: 10'2"
Dedicated: 1939 (figure and panels)
Fabricator: Henry M. Schrady (panels)
Donor: Public subscription (column); Henry Hudson Parkway Authority (figure and panels)
Inscription: COLUMN ERECTED BY PRIVATE / SUBSCRIPTION *** MCMIX / STATUE AND
PANELS ERECTED / BY HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY AUTHORITY *** MCMXXXVIII/
BABB, COOK AND WELCH, ARCHITECTS / KARL BITTER, KARL GRUPPE,
SCULPTORS /

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