Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument
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The monument in 2015
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Location in Portland, Oregon
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Artist | Douglas Tilden |
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Year | 1906 |
Type | Sculpture |
Material | Bronze |
Location | Portland, Oregon, United States |
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The Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument, also known as the Spanish–American War Memorial or simply Soldiers Monument,[1][2] is an outdoor sculpture and war memorial monument honoring the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Spanish–American War, created by American artist Douglas Tilden and located in Lownsdale Square, in the Plaza Blocks of downtown Portland, Oregon.[3] It features a bronze statue on a marble pedestal and granite base. The monument is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.[4]
Description
The memorial statue was designed by sculptor Douglas Tilden and installed in Lownsdale Square in Portland's Plaza Blocks in 1906 to honor the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment troops who served in the Spanish–American War.[3][5] It features two Howitzer cannons, set low to the ground, which were collected in 1902 by Henry E. Dosch. He was given permission by the War Department to bring them to Portland after he found them buried in sand in Charleston, South Carolina. There is also a bronze plaque which reads: "Howitzers fired in the defense of Fort Sumpter 1861".[6]
Plans for a monument to honor the dead of the 2nd Oregon Volunteers began early in 1899 with the sale of book subscriptions for $0.25 with a small percentage going toward the monument.[7][8] The monument committee favored a design similar to one in honor of the 39th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg with a bronze statue and a marble pedestal.[9] The committee also required that the base, shaft, and cornice be cut from a single piece of granite and remain in one piece. E.W. Wright, the Portland representative of a quarry in Barre, Vermont, received a contract for $8,000, and the stone was cut in Vermont from Barre Granite and shipped to Portland.[10] A $5,000 contract was awarded for the statue.[11] Weight of the pedestal was 64,000 pounds (29,000 kg), and when topped by the statue the height was about 30 feet (9.1 m).[12]
See also
- 1906 in art
- Elk (1900), also located in the Plaza Blocks
- Fountain for Company H (1914)
- Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider (1922), a bronze sculpture and Rough Riders monument in Portland's South Park Blocks
References
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- ↑ Wright had constructed the fountain and pedestal of The Elk.
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External links
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Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- A Guide to Portland Public Art (PDF), pg. 3, Regional Arts & Culture Council
- Oregon: End of the Trail, pg. 128, Workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Progress Administration in the State of Oregon
- Echoes of the Civil War in Portland by Mike Francis (April 12, 2011), The Oregonian
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- 1906 establishments in Oregon
- 1906 sculptures
- Bronze sculptures in Oregon
- Granite sculptures in Oregon
- Marble sculptures in Oregon
- Monuments and memorials in Oregon
- Outdoor sculptures in Portland, Oregon
- Plaza Blocks
- Sculptures of men in Oregon
- Spanish-American War memorials in the United States
- Statues in Oregon
- Works by American people