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Person: Daniel Webster
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument
John Massey Rhind,
James H. Windrim (Architect),
1883
* brief quotes from Lord Byron,
Saint Luke,
William Penn
and
Daniel Webster
* big
standing person
wearing a hat,
weapons,
eagles,
horses,
olive branches,
United States, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia seals
* The eagles and plaques are by John Massey Rhind. The soldier is variously attributed to John Lachmier or Lachmer. The quote on the Pennsylvania plaque, though not attributed, is from is from William Penn's Frame of Government
* The soldier is identical to the one on the West Park Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument
* inscription:
They never fail who die in a great cause.
-Byron
1861 Germantown's tribute to her heroic dead 1883
United States of America
Liberty and Union
now and forever, one
and inseperable
-Webster
Pennsylvania
The Keystone State
liberty without obedience is confusion and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Philadelphia
The City of Brotherly Love
On Earth peace
Good will toward men
-Luke
* Market Square.
Germantown between Shoolhouse and Church.
* 40.034325,-75.172300 [map] [nearby]
* On the Germantown Avenue tour
* Exhibits: Religious,
War
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's John Massey Rhind page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's James H. Windrim page
+wikipedia.org's Lord Byron page
+wikipedia.org's Luke the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
+ushistory.org's Market Square page
Board of Education Building
Irwin T. Catharine (Architect),
Jules Melidon,
1930
* Busts of Alexander Graham Bell,
Benjamin Franklin,
Robert Fulton,
Stephen Girard,
Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln,
John Marshall,
William Penn,
William Shakespeare,
Thaddeus Stevens
and
Daniel Webster
* groups of people,
people standing,
people sitting and kneeling,
winged people,
heads,
books, tablets, scrolls, writing implements,
linked BE logo,
eagles,
scarf,
staff,
buildings,
tools,
urns, jugs,
ship,
hourglass,
lamp, light fixtures,
plants,
sun,
globes
* There is artwork on the Winter and 21st street sides and in the courtyard on Winter. More busts, not pictured and not easily visible, are on the East and West sides of the building. The School District no longer occupies the building.
* Building.
Southwest Corner, 21st and Winter.
* 39.958900,-75.174150 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* Exhibits: Unidentified
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org Irwin T. Catharine page
+wikipedia.org's Alexander Graham Bell page
+ushistory.org's The Electric Ben Franklin
+wikipedia.org's Robert Fulton page
+ushistory.org's Stephen Girard page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Jefferson page
+wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page
+wikipedia.org's John Marshall page
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
+wikipedia.org's William Shakespeare page
+wikipedia.org's Thaddeus Stevens page
