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James Gordon Bennett Memorial

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Artist:	Antonin Jean Carles, Paris
Dedicated:	1895; 1928; restored 1940
Location:	6th Avenue and 34th Street
Description:	Niche, pilasters, 3 figural statues, bell
Materials:	Bronze, Milford pink granite
Dimensions:	Bell H: 74" D: 45"; Minerva H: 11'; Left Figure H: 7'4"; Right Figure H: 6'11"; Plinth H: 5" L:10'4"
Foundry:	s101 - decauville, paris, 1894
Fabricator:	Restored by E. Gargani & Sons
Donor:	6th Avenue Association

Inscription

A MEMORIAL TO / JAMES GORDON BENNETT (1795-1872) / FOUNDER OF THE
NEW YORK HERALD IN 1835 / AND TO HIS SON / JAMES GORDON BENNETT
(1841-1918) / THRUGH WHOSE VISION AND ENTERPRISE / THE NEW YORK
HERALD BECAME ONE OF THE / WORLD'S GREAT / NEWSPAPERS / THE BRONZE
FIGURES OF MINERVA AND THE / BELLRINGERS ARE THE WORK OF ANTONIN/
JEAN CARLES. THEY STOOD, FROM 1895 TO / 1921. ABOVE THE CORNICES
OF JAMES / GORDON BENNETT'S NEW YORK HERALD / BUILDING ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF HERALD / SQUARE AND TOLLED THE ACTIVE HOURS TO / THE
MILLIONS. IN 1928, THEY WERE GIVEN / BY WILLIAM T. DEWART,
PUBLISHER OF THE / NEW YORK SUN, TO NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, / THROUGH
WHOSE GENEROSITY IN 1928 THEY / ENTERED ON PERMANENT LOAN, THE
CARE / OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS OF THE CITY / OF NEW YORK, THAT
THEY MAY BE HERE / RESTORED TO THEIR ORIGINAL AREA OF PLEASANT
SERVICE, AND / TO THEIR PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF OUR / CITIZENS.
FUNDS FOR THE RESTORATION / WERE PROVIDED BY SUBSCRIPTION OF/
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE LIVES ARE / DEEP ROOTED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF / HERALD SQUARE. / MCMXL/

DOOR MEDALLION: OWL & CRESCENT, "LA NUIT PORTE CONSEIL"

GODDESS OF LIBERTY ORIGINALLY FROM ALTAR OF LIBERTY IN GREENWOOD
CEMETARY COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. TABLET
INSCRIPTION: MINERVA, GODDESS OF WISDOM, GLORY AND PATRIOTISM/
HERE SALUTES THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.

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