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Pedimental sculptures in the United States

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Women's Building Pediment (1893, destroyed), World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, by Alice Rideout

Pedimental sculptures are sculptures within the frame of a pediment on the exterior of a building, some examples of which can be found in the United States. Pedimental sculpture pose special challenges to sculptors: the triangular composition limits the choices for figures or ornament at the ends, and the sculpture must be designed to be viewed both from below and from a distance.

History

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Classical tradition

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Historian Walter Copland Perry wrote that it was proof of the power of Greek art that the classical sculptors not only overcame the rigid restrictions of the pediment's shape, but turned them to their advantage.[1] Compositionally, the restrictions imposed by both the physical triangular shape of a pediment, and the traditional themes that are usually employed for the subject matter, are, according to Professor Gardner of Oxford University, “as exactly regulated as that of a sonnet or a Spenserian stanza: the artist has liberty only in certain directions and must not violate the laws of rhythm.”[2]

In all examples, classical and modern, the central area below the apex is inevitably the tallest, most spacious, the natural focus, and will contain the main figures and the focus of action. Secondary figures decrease in size and importance on both sides, as they approach the far angles at the base. The well-known classical examples all observe "unity of action", although the Greek historian Pausanias describes a sculpture by Praxiteles in which Hercules appears several times in different sizes.[1]

As with the ancient Greeks, and the Roman architects and sculptors who followed them, American artists had two different structural approaches creating pedimental sculpture. They are either freestanding statues that stand on the bed (the ledge or cornice that creates the bottom of the pediment), or they can be relief sculpture, attached to the back wall of the pediment.[3][4] As an additional physical restriction in the pediment format, a deeper recess will throw the triangular field into deeper shadow, which means the figures should be executed in deeper relief or fully in the round.[1]

United States

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Pedimental sculptures in the United States were rare prior to the 1880s, most surviving examples in cities along the east coast. The earliest seems to be Whitehall (1765), outside Annapolis, Maryland, attributed to English architect Joseph Horatio Anderson and English-born carver William Buckland, typical of early dependence on European talent.[5]

Greek Revival architecture became dominant throughout the first half of the 19th century, but almost always with chaste, blank pediments. It was only post-Civil War, with the advent of the American Renaissance and the City Beautiful movement – especially the architectural vision of "The White City" presented at Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 – that the use of sculpture in pediments increased dramatically.[citation needed]

The advent of the Great Depression largely brought the use of pediment sculpture to a halt,[citation needed] with the major exception of government buildings of the Federal Triangle in Washington, D.C. completed in the mid-1930s. One 21st-century example is the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee, with a pedimental sculpture Orpheus and Eurydice by sculptor Raymond Kaskey completed in 2006.[6]

Pedimental sculptures in Washington, D.C. (by building)

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building
(formerly Ariel Rios Federal Building and Post Office Department Building)
12th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue
38°53′38.04″N 77°1′44.04″W / 38.8939000°N 77.0289000°W / 38.8939000; -77.0289000 (William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building)
12th Street: The Spirit of Progress and Civilization[7] Adolph Alexander Weinman
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
Delano & Aldrich 1935 limestone
Weinman's concave sculptured pediment may be unique in the United States.
(at upper right) Pennsylvania Avenue: The Bond of Postal Union[8] Walker Hancock
Adolph Alexander Weinman
1935 limestone Based on a sketch model by Weinman[9]
(at upper right) 13th Street: Africa and Europe[10] George Holburn Snowden
Adolph Alexander Weinman
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
1934 limestone
13th Street: America and Asia[11] Joseph E. Reiner
Adolph Alexander Weinman
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
1934 limestone
Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall 18th Street, between C & D Streets
38°53′35″N 77°2′30″W / 38.89306°N 77.04167°W / 38.89306; -77.04167 (DAR Constitution Hall)
Eagle Pediment[12] Ulysses Ricci John Russell Pope 1929 Alabama limestone
Dirksen Senate Office Building Constitution Avenue & 1st Street
38°53′35″N 77°0′19″W / 38.89306°N 77.00528°W / 38.89306; -77.00528 (Dirksen Senate Office Building)
Eagle Pediment[13] Ulysses Ricci
Rochette & Parzini (carvers)
Eggers Group Architects 1956 marble
Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (formerly the central District of Columbia Public Library) Eighth & K Streets Northwest
two identical pediments, each with a head of Minerva surrounded by curled flora Philip Martiny Ross & Ackerman[14] 1903 white Vermont marble
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
(formerly Old Executive Office Building and State, War, and Navy Building)
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue
38°53′51.24″N 77°2′20.93″W / 38.8975667°N 77.0391472°W / 38.8975667; -77.0391472 (Eisenhower Executive Office Building)
North pediment: War[15] designed by
Richard von Ezdorf
Alfred B. Mullett 1884 painted iron
Herbert C. Hoover Building
United States Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Avenue NW
38°53′39.48″N 77°1′58.08″W / 38.8943000°N 77.0328000°W / 38.8943000; -77.0328000 (Herbert C. Hoover Building)
Fisheries Pediment[16] Joseph Kiselewski
James Earle Fraser
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
Louis Ayres 1934 limestone
The building's 4 sculptured pediments are on the 15th Street facade, facing The Ellipse.
Mining Pediment[17] Frederick Roth
James Earle Fraser
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
1934 limestone
Foreign and Domestic Commerce Pediment[18] Ulysses Ricci
James Earle Fraser
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
1934 limestone
Aeronautics Pediment[19] Haig Patigian
James Earle Fraser
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
1934 limestone
Jefferson Memorial Tidal Basin
38°52′53″N 77°2′13″W / 38.88139°N 77.03694°W / 38.88139; -77.03694 (Jefferson Memorial)
Drafting the Declaration of Independence[20] Adolph Alexander Weinman John Russell Pope 1943 marble
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building[21] 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
|38°53′35.52″N 77°1′30″W / 38.8932000°N 77.02500°W / 38.8932000; -77.02500 (Robt. F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Bldg)
Eastern pediment: Ars Aequi (The Rights of Man) C. Paul Jennewein
Henry Kreis
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
Milton Bennett Medary
Zantzinger, Borie & Medary
1935 limestone
The two sculptured pediments are on the Pennsylvania Avenue facade. The building's other pediments are blank.
Western pediment: Ars Boni (The Good of the State) C. Paul Jennewein
Henry Kreis
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
1935 limestone
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Building
Capitol Hill
38°53′19″N 77°00′17″W / 38.8887°N 77.0046°W / 38.8887; -77.0046 (Library of Congress)
America Fostering the Arts and Industries and Atlantes[22] William Boyd Edward Pearce Casey
Smithmeyer & Pelz
1897 granite
The two rounded pediments flank the central pavilion of the Jefferson Building's west front.
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium /
United States Department of Labor Building
1301 Constitution Avenue NW
38°53′33.4″N 77°1′46.91″W / 38.892611°N 77.0296972°W / 38.892611; -77.0296972 (Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium)
Columbia Pediment[23] Edgar Walter
Edward Ardolino (carver)
Arthur Brown, Jr. 1935 limestone
The Mellon Auditorium is middle-ground center; the U.S. Customs Building is left; the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission is right:
National Academy of Sciences Building 2101 Constitution Avenue NW
38°53′34.8″N 77°2′51.72″W / 38.893000°N 77.0477000°W / 38.893000; -77.0477000 (National Academy of Sciences Building)
Constitution Avenue entrance Lee Lawrie Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue 1924
National Archives Building[24] 700 Pennsylvania Avenue
38°53′34″N 77°01′23″W / 38.89278°N 77.02306°W / 38.89278; -77.02306 (National Archives Building)
North pediment: The Recorder of the Archives[25] James Earle Fraser
Edward H. Ratti (carver)
John Russell Pope 1935 Limestone
South pediment: Destiny[26] Adolph Alexander Weinman
Edward Ardolino[27] (carver)
1935 Indiana limestone
Milford pink granite
Notre Dame Chapel Trinity Washington University,
125 Michigan Avenue, NE
Madonna and Child Enthroned Attended by Angels D. H. McBride
McBride Studios
Maginnis & Walsh 1924 white Carrara marble
Rayburn House Office Building Independence Avenue, between South Capitol & 1st Streets Eagle Pediment[28][29] Carl Paul Jennewein Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson 1964 Vermont marble
Renwick Gallery 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue
38°53′55.92″N 77°2′22.01″W / 38.8988667°N 77.0394472°W / 38.8988667; -77.0394472 (Renwick Gallery)
Relief portrait bust of William Wilson Corcoran[30] Moses Jacob Ezekiel James Renwick Jr. 1878 bronze
Original home of the Corcoran Gallery of Art:
Riggs National Bank 1503-05 Pennsylvania Avenue
38°53′55.52″N 77°2′2.84″W / 38.8987556°N 77.0341222°W / 38.8987556; -77.0341222 (Riggs National Bank)
Eagle pediment York and Sawyer 1902
In a 1915 photograph:
United States Capitol Capitol Hill
38°53′23.29″N 77°00′32.81″W / 38.8898028°N 77.0091139°W / 38.8898028; -77.0091139 (U.S. Capitol)
Central portico, east front: The Genius of America[31][32] Luigi Persico[32] Thomas Ustick Walter 1828 sandstone (1828)
marble (1960)
By 1959 the original sandstone sculpture group was badly deteriorated. Under the supervision of Paul Manship, sculptor Carl Schmitz repaired the statues, G. Giannetti made a plaster model from them, and Bruno Mankowski carved new statues. These were unveiled in 1960.[32]
Senate wing, east front: The Progress of Civilization[33][34] Thomas Crawford
Carvers:
T. Gagliardi, Vinchenzo Casoni, G. Butti, Louis Galli, G. Caprero, and Domenico Giampaoli[34]
1863 marble
House of Representatives wing, east front: Apotheosis of Democracy[35] Paul Wayland Bartlett
Piccirilli Brothers (carvers)
1916 marble
United States Customs Building /
United States Department of Labor
14th Street & Constitution Avenue NW
38°53′33″N 77°01′51″W / 38.892513°N 77.030930°W / 38.892513; -77.030930 (U.S. Customs Bldg / U.S. Dept. of Labor)
Eastern pediment: Labor and Industry[36] Albert Stewart
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
Arthur Brown, Jr. 1935 limestone
Western pediment: Abundance and Industry[37] Sherry Fry
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
1936 limestone
United States Department of Agriculture Building Jefferson Drive between 12th & 14th Streets
38°53′16.85″N 77°1′48.12″W / 38.8880139°N 77.0300333°W / 38.8880139; -77.0300333 (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Building)
Fruit[38] Adolph Alexander Weinman Rankin, Kellogg & Crane 1908 Vermont marble
The West and East Buildings (left & right) were completed in 1908. The Administration Building (center), connecting them, was completed in 1930.
Forestry[39] Adolph Alexander Weinman 1908 Vermont marble
Cereals[40] Adolph Alexander Weinman 1908 Vermont marble
West Building:
Flowers[41] Adolph Alexander Weinman 1908 Vermont marble
United States Interstate Commerce Commission Building
(now United States Environmental Protection Agency Building)
1201 Constitution Avenue
38°53′38″N 77°01′44″W / 38.893881°N 77.028891°W / 38.893881; -77.028891 (U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission Building)
Eastern pediment: Interstate Transportation[42] Edward McCartan
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
Arthur Brown, Jr. 1935 Indiana limestone
Western pediment: Commerce and Communications[43] Wheeler Williams
John Donnelly & Company (carver)
1935 Indiana limestone
United States Supreme Court Building Capitol Hill
38°53′25.8″N 77°0′16.2″W / 38.890500°N 77.004500°W / 38.890500; -77.004500 (U.S. Supreme Court Building)
West pediment: Equal Justice Under Law[44][45]
(Liberty Enthroned)
Robert Ingersoll Aitken Cass Gilbert 1935 Vermont marble
East pediment: Justice, the Guardian of Liberty[46][47] Hermon Atkins MacNeil 1935 Vermont marble

Pedimental sculptures (by state, city, and building)

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Alabama

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Calhoun County Courthouse 25 West 11th Street,
Anniston
Eagle pediment J. W. Golucke 1900
burned 1931
a flying eagle flanked by fasces and cornucopias

Arizona

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Santa Cruz County Courthouse[48] Morley Avenue & Court Street,
Nogales
Trost & Rust 1904
Now a museum.

California

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Inyo County Courthouse Independence
36°48′13″N 118°11′56″W / 36.80361°N 118.19889°W / 36.80361; -118.19889 (Inyo County Courthouse)
William H. Weeks 1921-22 "Reposed women" hold a shield that is presumed to represent Justice.[49]: 5 
California State Capitol Sacramento West portico: California[50] Pietro Mezzara M. Frank Butler
Reuben Clark
Gordon Cummings
1873 cast stone
California State Library 10th Street & Capitol Mall,
Sacramento
Into the Highlands of the Mind Let Me Go[51] Edward Field Sanford, Jr. Weeks and Day 1928 painted terra cotta
California State Office Building
(now Jesse M. Unruh State Office Building)
915 Capitol Mall,
Sacramento
Bring Me Men to Match My Mountains[52] Edward Field Sanford, Jr. Weeks and Day 1928 painted terra cotta
Sacramento City Hall 915 I Street,
Sacramento
Rounded pediments on end pavilions Rudolph A. Herold 1909 terra cotta
California State Chamber of Commerce Building
San Francisco Mining Exchange
350 Bush Street,
San Francisco
Greek Pediment[53] Jo Mora Miller & Pflueger 1921 terra cotta
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Building[54]
(now Ritz Carlton San Francisco)
Nob Hill, 600 Stockton Street,
San Francisco
An Allegorical Group[55] Haig Patigian
Jo Mora
Miller & Pflueger 1920 glazed terra cotta Napoleon LeBrun & Sons designed the original building, 1909. The pediment was added as part of Miller & Pflueger's 1919-20 expansion.[56]
San Francisco City Hall 400 Van Ness Avenue,
San Francisco
Van Ness Avenue pediment[57] Henri Crenier Bakewell & Brown 1914 granite
Polk Street pediment[57]
San Francisco Savings Union Bank
(now Emporio Armani)
1 Grant Avenue,
San Francisco
Liberty[58] Haig Patigian Bliss & Faville 1911 granite
Patigian's bas relief head of Liberty was based on the 1907 $20 gold coin.
Hearst Castle
San Simeon
San Simeon Neptune Pool Roman Temple: Neptune and Neraids[59] pediment is a collection of unrelated Roman & Greek works.[60] Julia Morgan 1936 white marble
The Roman Temple was assembled from ancient architectural fragments and modern reproductions.

Colorado

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Colorado State Capitol 200 East Colfax Avenue,
Denver
West pediment: Elijah E. Myers 1894
Pueblo County Courthouse 10th & Main Streets,
Pueblo
Eagle and wreath Albert Randolph Ross 1912 white sandstone

Connecticut

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
New Haven County Courthouse[61] 121 Elm Street,
New Haven
The pediment figures are Justice, Victory, Precedence, Accuracy, Common Law, Statutory Law, Progress and Commerce.[62] John Massey Rhind Allen & Williams 1917 marble
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception 74 West Main Street,
Waterbury
Virgin Mary flanked by angels Maginnis & Walsh 1928

Georgia

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Georgia State Capitol Capitol Square,
Atlanta
West pediment: Seal of Georgia, flanked by Commerce, Industry, Justice, and Prosperity[63] George Crouch[64] Edbrooke & Burnham 1889 Oolitic limestone
The building's other pediments are blank.
Chatham Academy Bull Street & East Oglethorpe Avenue,
Savannah
pediment on western facade: a scene of several young women studying, with a background of the Coliseum and the Parthenon unknown Henry Urban 1908 stone

Idaho

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Boise High School 1010 West Washington Street,
Boise
Boise High School Portico[65] Joseph Conradi Tourtellotte & Hummel 1922 A relief head of Plato is at center.

Illinois

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Civic Opera Building 20 North Wacker Drive,
Chicago
North entrance Pediments over north and south entrances Henry Hering Graham, Anderson, Probst & White 1929
South entrance
Home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Kankakee County Courthouse 450 East Court Street,
Kankakee
41°7′9″N 87°51′37″W / 41.11917°N 87.86028°W / 41.11917; -87.86028 (Kankakee County Courthouse)
Zachary Taylor Davis 1912 Similar pediments above "KANKAKEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE" on north and south sides of courthouse include an escutcheon (coat of arms) representing the county.[66]

Indiana

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Allen County Courthouse 715 South Calhoun Street,
Fort Wayne
41°4′47″N 85°8′21″W / 41.07972°N 85.13917°W / 41.07972; -85.13917 (Allen County Courthouse)
Spirit of the Law Calhoun Street pediment: Spirit of Civilization
Main Street pediment: Spirit of Government
Berry Street pediment: Spirit of the Law
Court Street pediment: Spirit of the Arts
Barth & Staak? Brentwood S. Tolan 1902 Bedford limestone
Circle Theater[67] 45 Monument Circle,
Indianapolis
Alexander Sangernebo Rubush & Hunter 1916 terra cotta
Indiana State House 200 West Washington Street,
Indianapolis
East pediment: Edwin May
Adolph Scherrer
1888
Tippecanoe County Courthouse Public Square,
Lafayette
North and south pediments: William Henry Harrison - Marquis de Lafayette - Tecumseh[68] J. L. Mott Iron Works Elias Max and/or
James F. Alexander
1884 painted zinc
Identical sculpture groups on the north and south pediments, and on the east and west pediments.
East and west pediments: Justice - Industry - Agriculture
Boone County Courthouse Courthouse Square,
Lebanon
North & south pediments[69] Joseph T. Hutton 1911 limestone The building has identical sculptured pediments on the north and south facades.
Muncie Public Library 301 East Jackson Street,
Muncie
Marshall S. Mahurin 1903 Indiana limestone
Vigo County Courthouse 33 So. 3rd St.,
Terre Haute, Indiana
39°27′57″N 87°24′52″W / 39.46583°N 87.41444°W / 39.46583; -87.41444 (Vigo County Courthouse)
Samuel Hannaford 1888

Iowa

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Iowa State Capitol Des Moines East facade East and west pediments are identical, with five robed, female, allegorical figures, the central one holding a torch John C. Cochrane
Alfred H. Piquenard
1886 sandstone
West facade:
Dubuque County Courthouse 720 Central Avenue,
Dubuque
West facade: Eagle pediment Fridolin Heer & Son 1891
Painted zinc sculptures adorn the roof:
Macbride Hall University of Iowa,
17 North Clinton Street,
Iowa City
A buffalo stands flanked by two elk Sinclair Shearer[70] Proudfoot & Bird 1908
Greene County Courthouse 114 North Chestnut Street,
Jefferson
male and female figures flank a clock Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson 1918
First Newton National Bank 100 N 2nd Avenue West,
Newton
a central figure of agricultural plenty is surrounded by four other figures and farm scenes in low relief[71] E. Jackson Case Company of Chicago[72] 1920

Kentucky

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Kenton County Library 1028 Scott Street,
Covington
pediment with four figures surrounding an angel J.C. Meyerberg[73] Boll & Taylor[74] 1904 sandstone Built as a Carnegie library and auditorium
The building is now The Carnegie, a community arts center.[5][permanent dead link]
Mother of God Roman Catholic Church 119 West Sixth Street,
Covington
The Annunciation unknown architect James Keys Wilson of Walter & Stuart[75] 1871 unknown
Kentucky State Capitol Frankfort North pediment[76] Charles Henry Niehaus
Peter A. Rossack (carver)
Frank Mills Andrews 1906 Oolitic limestone
The building's east, west and south pediments are blank.
Louisville City Hall 601 West Jefferson Street,
Louisville
Progress[77] unknown John Andrew Artha 1873 Indiana limestone The pedimental sculpture depicts a steam locomotive moving toward southern flora.

Louisiana

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Calcasieu Parish District Courthouse Lakeshore Drive and Kirby Street, Lake Charles central pelican Favrot & Livaudais[78] 1912 The sculpture is a version of the Seal of Louisiana, depicting the "pelican in her piety" under a scroll reading "Union, Justice and Confidence"
The Cabildo 701 Chartres Street,
New Orleans
Pietro Cardelli Gilberto Guillemard 1822
The 1795-99 building's pediment originally featured the Royal Arms of Spain, by sculptor Cristobal Le Prévost.[79][80]
This was replaced in 1822 by an American eagle flanked by cannons, by Cardelli.[81]
Gallier Hall
(New Orleans City Hall)
545 St. Charles Avenue,
New Orleans
figures of Liberty, Justice, and Commerce[82] R.E. Launitz James Gallier 1851 white marble
Paul M. Hebert Law Center 1 E Campus Dr,
Baton Rouge
three figures Leon C. Weiss of Weiss, Dreyfous & Seiferth[83] 1937 originally Leche Hall, named for Governor Richard W. Leche

Maryland

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Maryland State House Annex Maryland
State Circle,
Annapolis
Seal of Maryland Baldwin & Pennington 1905
The west portico and pediment were part of a 1902-05 expansion of the 1722 building.
Whitehall Maryland
1915 Whitehall Road, Annapolis
Seal of Province of Maryland[84] William Buckland Joseph Horatio Anderson 1765 painted wood
Baltimore City Recreational Pier Maryland
Fells Point,
1715 Thames Street,
Baltimore
Recreation Pier Relief[85] Theodore Wells Pietsch 1914 limestone
First Unitarian Church Maryland
Charles & Franklin Streets,
Baltimore
Pediment with the Angel of Truth emerging from a sunburst[86] Antonio Cappellano
Henry Berge (1960 copy)
Maximilian Godefroy 1818
1960
polychrome terra cotta The pedimental sculpture was replaced by a copy, 1960.[87]
Baltimore Museum of Art Maryland
Art Museum Drive,
Baltimore
39°19′34″N 76°37′9″W / 39.32611°N 76.61917°W / 39.32611; -76.61917 (Baltimore Museum of Art)
To the Fine Arts[88] Adolph Alexander Weinman John Russell Pope 1930 limestone
St. Mary's Seminary and University Maryland
Belvedere and Roland Avenues,
Baltimore
unknown Maginnis & Walsh 1929
Colonial Theatre Maryland
12-14 South Potomac Street,
Hagerstown
two figures, with lute and lyre, face each other, with two angelic putti[89] Henri Plasschaert of the Boston Terra Cotta Company Harry E. Yessler 1914 polychrome terra cotta

Massachusetts

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Dunster House Massachusetts
Harvard University,
945 Memorial Drive,
Cambridge
Central pediment: Harvard College Coat of Arms Hugh Shepley of Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott 1930
Named for Henry Dunster, Harvard's first president.
One end pavilion pediment features the coat of arms of the Dunster family, and the other the coat of arms of Dunster's alma mater, Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church Massachusetts
270 Elliot Street,
Newton
The Virgin Mary flanked by attendants Edward T. P. Graham 1910
New Bedford City Hall Massachusetts
William Street,
New Bedford
New Bedford Industries and City Seal[90] Timothy J. McAuliffe Samuel C. Hunt 1908 brownstone
New Bedford Institution for Savings Massachusetts
174 Union Street,
New Bedford
Worker and mother flank an angel, who is both winged and modestly dressed[91] Hugh Cairns Charles Brigham 1897
Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel Massachusetts
College of the Holy Cross,
1 College Street,
Worcester
Maginnis & Walsh 1924[92] Memorial to Holy Cross students and alumni killed in World War I.

Michigan

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Wayne County Courthouse Michigan
600 Randolph Street,
Detroit
General Anthony Wayne and Indians Conducting a Treaty[93] Edward Wagner John Scott 1901 stone
Michigan State Capitol Michigan
Lansing
The Rise and Progress of Michigan[94] Carl H. Wehner
Lewis T. Ives
Richard Rutter (carver)
Richard Glaister (carver)
Elijah E. Myers 1876 sandstone

Minnesota

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Basilica of Saint Mary Minnesota
1600 Hennepin Avenue,
Minneapolis
Virgin Mary with attendants and putti Emmanuel Louis Masqueray 1914

Mississippi

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Mississippi State Capitol[95] Mississippi
Mississippi Street,
Jackson
32°18′14″N 90°10′56″W / 32.30389°N 90.18222°W / 32.30389; -90.18222 (Mississippi State Capitol)
Robert Bringhurst Theodore C. Link 1900
"Sculpted in 1900, with an enthroned personification of the state at the center, surrounded by figures representing Poetry, Industry, and Science, huntsmen, farmers, white people, black people, and Native American, they are Mississippi's version of the pediment of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece."[96]
Illinois State Memorial Mississippi
Vicksburg National Military Park,
Vicksburg
Pediment[97] Charles J. Mulligan William Le Baron Jenny 1906 Georgia white marble

Missouri

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Missouri State Capitol Missouri
201 West Capitol Avenue,
Jefferson City
Missouri State Capitol Pediment[98] Adolph Alexander Weinman Tracy & Swartout 1926 Burlington limestone
New Masonic Temple Missouri
3681 Lindell Boulevard,
St. Louis
two pediments, front and rear, decorate the attic temple of a neo-Classical concrete Masonic lodge[99] Victor Berlendis[100] Eames & Young with Albert B. Groves 1926 front: two lamassu standing in profile face a radiant central structure (perhaps a Masonic altar). rear: low-relief garlands and floral carving

Nebraska

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Omaha Central High School Nebraska
124 N 20th Street,
Omaha
Omaha Central High School pediment[101] Jacob Maag John Latenser Sr. 1912
Pawnee County Courthouse Nebraska
625 6th St.,
Pawnee City
40°6′29″N 96°9′12″W / 40.10806°N 96.15333°W / 40.10806; -96.15333 (Pawnee County Courthouse)
William F. Gernandt 1911 terra cotta Classical Revival county courthouse with sculpture of two men and two women appearing to "symbolize agriculture and the fertility of the county."[102]
Washington County Courthouse Nebraska

16th St. between Colfax and South Sts.,
Blair
41°32′24″N 96°08′06″W / 41.54000°N 96.13500°W / 41.54000; -96.13500 (Washington County Courthouse (Blair, Nebraska))


O.H. Placey 1889 painted metal Two pediments, north and west, contain symbols of the county, appearing to be set loosely in place. Items symbolize "farming in the county, the immigrant experience, and county government."[103]

New Hampshire

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Latchis Theatre New Hampshire
55 Pleasant Street,
Claremont
Pediment[104] Mason & Haynes 1928 concrete
New Hampshire State House New Hampshire
107 North Main Street,
Concord
Seal of New Hampshire Stuart Park 1819 granite
New Hampshire State House c. 1875:
Dover City Hall New Hampshire
228 Central Avenue,
Dover
Dover City Seal[105] Edward J. Richardson 1935[106] concrete
Saint Joseph Church New Hampshire
150 Central Avenue,
Dover
St. Joseph with Infant Child[107] Lualdi & Sons James J. O'Shaughnessy 1948 Indiana limestone

New Jersey

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Jersey City City Hall New Jersey
280 Grove Street,
Jersey City
two pediment sculptures Lewis Broome[108] 1896 metal three of five original pediments destroyed in 1955 fire[109]
William L. Dickinson High School New Jersey
2 Palisade Avenue,
Jersey City
John T. Rowland 1906
American Insurance Company Building New Jersey
15 Washington Street,
Newark
central eagle in deep relief, trailing garlands John H. & Wilson C. Ely 1930 limestone Formerly housed S. I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice (Rutgers School of Law – Newark)
New Brunswick Free Public Library New Jersey
60 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick
six full-length male and female figures in high relief Jacobson & Co., contractors[110] George K. Parsell 1903 part of the Livingston Avenue Historic District[111]
Old Passaic County Courthouse New Jersey
71 Hamilton Street,
Paterson, New Jersey
multiple robed figures, the middle two of whom flank a seal or escutcheon, in deep relief Samuel Burrage Reed 1903 marble[112]

New York

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Buffalo History Museum
(built as the New York State Pavilion for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition)
New York
Delaware Park,
Buffalo
Pediment[113] Edmond Amateis George Cary 1930 Vermont white marble
The building's pediment was blank for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.[114] Amateis created the pedimental sculptures and 9 relief panels, 1929-30.[115]
Greene County Courthouse[116] New York
Catskill
A. P. Lombard Company William J. Beardsley 1909 Ohio sandstone
Hall of Christ New York
Chautauqua Institution,
Wythe & South Streets,
Chautauqua
Aula Christie pediment[117] Paul J. Pelz 1908[118] concrete The sculptured pediment features an open Bible emitting rays of knowledge.
Elmira City Hall New York
Lake & West Church Streets,
Elmira
Arts & Sciences South pediment: The Arts and Sciences[119]
East pediment: Liberty?
New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company Pierce & Bickford 1895 terra cotta
Bronx Zoo New York
Bronx Park,
2300 Southern Boulevard,
Bronx, New York City
Primate House: Orangutan Pediment[120] A. Phimister Proctor Heins & LaFarge 1901 stone
Proctor also modeled the baboon figure atop the pediment and the monkey frieze along the building's cornice.
Lion House: Lion Pediment[121] Eli Harvey 1903 stone Harvey also modeled the seated lion sentinels and the lion heads in the building's cornice.
Brooklyn Museum New York
200 Eastern Parkway,
Brooklyn, New York City
Science and Art[122] Daniel Chester French
Adolph Alexander Weinman
Piccirilli Brothers (carvers)
McKim, Mead & White 1913 Indiana limestone
Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn New York
9 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City
Morning and Evening of Life[123] Lee Lawrie Robert Helmer
Halsey, McCormack & Helmer
1932 stone
The original 1908 building, by architects Mowbray & Uffinger, had no pediment.[6]
The portico and pediment were added by Helmer, 1931-32.
People's Trust Company New York
183 Montague Street,
Brooklyn, New York City
a male and female figure recline on either side of an emblem Mowbray and Uffinger[124] 1903 marble
Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State New York
35 East 25th Street,
Manhattan, New York City
The Triumph of Law[125] Charles Henry Niehaus James Brown Lord 1900 white marble
Daniel Chester French's acroterion sculpture Justice, atop the pediment.
Baudouine Building New York
1181-1183 Broadway,
Manhattan, New York City
one fully carved pediment on an attic Greek temple, facing east; another two pediments on top floor contain floral designs[126][127] Alfred Zucker 1896 difficult to see from street level
Bowery Savings Bank New York
130 Bowery,
Manhattan, New York City
130 Bowery pediment 2 identical sculpture groups[128] Frederick MacMonnies
Piccirilli Brothers (carvers)
Stanford White
McKim, Mead & White
1895 limestone The L-shaped building has sculptured pediments on the Bowery and Grand Street facades.

228 Grand Street pediment:
Federal Hall (demolished) New York
Wall Street,
Manhattan, New York City
Eagle Pediment unknown Pierre Charles L'Enfant 1788 wood? George Washington's first presidential inauguration took place on the balcony in 1789.

Demolished 1812
Henry Clay Frick House
Frick Collection
New York
1 East 70th Street,
Manhattan, New York City
Garden pavilion, south pediment:[129] Philip Martiny
Ardolino Brothers (carvers)
Thomas Hastings 1914 Bedford blue limestone
Two of the rounded pediments adorn the garden pavilion, at left.
Garden pavilion, north pediment: Music[130] Attilio Piccirilli
Ardolino Brothers (carvers)
1914 Bedford blue limestone
70th Street pediment: Sherry Fry[131] 1914
Originally over the porte cochere. Now over the public entrance. Modeled by Audrey Munson.
71st Street pediment: Charles Keck 1914 Originally over the porte cochere. Now beside the Frick Art Reference Library entrance.
Hudson River Railway Company Freight Terminal (demolished)
(New York Central Railroad)
New York
Hudson Street at St. John's Park,
Manhattan, New York City
Cornelius Vanderbilt pediment Ernst Plassmann George Fischer & Brother, founder 1868 Statue: bronze
Relief: bronze
The statue was relocated in 1929 to Grand Central Terminal:[132]
The freight terminal site is now an approach to the Holland Tunnel.
Madison Square Presbyterian Church (demolished) New York
Madison Square,
24th Street & Madison Avenue,
Manhattan, New York City
The Adoration of the Shrine of Truth
– pedimental relief sculpture of the Ark of the Covenant, flanked by angels, cherubs, a knight and a shepherd – figures in white & gold set against a blue background
Adolph Alexander Weinman Stanford White
McKim, Mead & White
Atlantic Terra Cotta Company
1910 terra cotta MMA Library exterior, 1920. The 44-foot-long pediment was removed prior to the church's demolition in 1919, and installed on the exterior of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Library.[133]
It was destroyed during a museum expansion in 1960.
Museum of the City of New York New York
1220-27 Fifth Avenue,
Manhattan, New York City
Seal of New York City Leo Friedlander Joseph H. Freedlander 1930 white marble
New York City Police Headquarters New York
240 Center Street,
Manhattan, New York City
four pediments, with the main (western) facade featuring two figures on either side of a crest, trailing garlands, another version of the NYC municipal seal[134] Hoppin & Koen 1909
New York County Courthouse
(now New York State Supreme Court Building)
New York
60 Centre Street,
Manhattan, New York City
The True Administration of Justice is the Finest Pillar of Good Government[135] Frederick Warren Allen Guy Lowell 1927 granite
New York County National Bank Building New York
Eight Avenue and West 14th Street,
Manhattan, New York City
a lone eagle, wings spread, centered in the pediment[136] unknown Rudolphe L. Daus
De Lemos & Cordes
1907 stone
New York Public Library Main Branch New York
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street,
Manhattan, New York City
Northern pediment: The Arts[137] George Grey Barnard
John Donnelly (carver)
Ulysses Ricci
carver
Carrère and Hastings 1917 marble
The sculptured pediments are atop the end pavilions of the Fifth Avenue façade.
Southern pediment: History[138] George Grey Barnard
John Donnelly (carver)
Ulysses Ricci
carver
1917 marble
New York Stock Exchange New York
11 Wall Street,
Manhattan, New York City
Integrity Protecting the Works of Man[139] John Quincy Adams Ward
with Paul Wayland Bartlett
Gentulio Piccirilli (carver)
George Browne Post 1904 white marble (1904)
painted copper (1936)
Ward's marble figures were replaced with painted copper replicas in 1936.
St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church New York
20 Cardinal Hayes Place,
Manhattan, New York City
two male winged angels flank a cartouche[140][141] Maginnis & Walsh with Robert J. Reiley 1939
St. Paul's Chapel New York
209 Broadway,
Manhattan, New York City
Statue of St. Paul unknown Thomas McBean 1790 wood (tulip poplar)
In a 1799 painting by Archibald Robertson:

The statue was replaced by a resin replica in 2016.[142] The original has been restored,[143] and is now housed inside the chapel.
Kykuit
John D. Rockefeller Estate
New York
200 Lake Road,
Pocantico Hills
Francois Tonetti, possibly assisted by his spouse Mary Lawrence Tonetti Delano & Aldrich 1913
Rush Rhees Library New York
University of Rochester,
Rochester
Ulysses Ricci
Edward Ardolino (carver)
Charles A. Platt
Gordon & Kaelber
1930
Hall of Springs New York
Saratoga Spa State Park,
Saratoga Springs
3 pediments: Man and Nature Join Together in the Waters of the Springs[144]
Athena Introduces Asklepios to the Saratoga Springs[145]
The Infidelity of Asklepios[146]
George H. Snowden Joseph H. Freedlander 1934 stone

Ohio

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Stark County Courthouse Ohio
Tuscarawas Street,
Canton
Commerce - Justice - Agriculture - Industry[147] unknown George F. Hammond 1895
The 1870 Second Empire style courthouse was dramatically altered to a Beaux Arts style by Hammond, 1893-95.[148]
Cleveland Trust Company Building Ohio
9th Street & Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland
The Blessings of Land and Water[149] Karl Bitter George Browne Post & Sons 1907 granite
Severance Hall Ohio
11001 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland
Severance Hall Pediment[150] Henry Hering Frank Ginn
Walker and Weeks
1931 Indiana limestone
Stambaugh Auditorium Ohio
1000 Fifth Avenue,
Youngstown
Pediment Group[151] Gaetano Cecere Harvey Wiley Corbett 1926 Indiana limestone

Oklahoma

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Carnegie Library (Guthrie, Oklahoma) Oklahoma
402 East Oklahoma Avenue,
Guthrie
South pediment 2 identical pediments on south and west facades J. H. Bennett 1903 terra cotta?

Oregon

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
First National Bank Building Oregon
401 SW 5th Avenue,
Portland
Seal of Oregon Territory flanked by allegorical figures Coolidge & Shattuck 1916

Pennsylvania

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Kirby Hall, Lafayette College Pennsylvania
730 High Street,
Easton
two female figures with props (fasces, scales, crown, owl, a pile of books) flank a rectangular panel reading "Hall of Civil Rights", with eagle perched above[152] Edward McCartan Warren and Wetmore 1930
Lynnewood Hall Pennsylvania
920 Spring Avenue,
Elkins Park
Pedimental sculpture[153] Henri-Léon Gréber Horace Trumbauer 1914 Caen stone
Trumbauer altered the 1897 mansion's original pediment to accommodate Gréber's sculpture group.[154]
Westmoreland County Courthouse Pennsylvania
2 North Main Street,
Greensburg
William S. Kaufman 1906
Matthew Ryan Legislative Office Building Pennsylvania
Third Street and Pine
Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex,
Harrisburg
version of Coat of Arms of Pennsylvania John T. Windrim 1893 built as Executive Library and Museum Building[155]
Broad Street Station (demolished) Pennsylvania
Broad & Market Streets,
Philadelphia
Fire and Water Tamed and Harnessed to the Service of Man Karl Bitter Frank Furness 1894 red terra cotta
Installed above the entrance to the 15th Street tunnel.

Demolished 1953
First Bank of the United States Pennsylvania
120 South 3rd Street,
Philadelphia
Eagle Pediment[156] Clodius F. Legrand & Sons Samuel Blodgett (attributed),
possibly with James Hoban[157]
1797 painted mahogany
Free Library of Philadelphia
Parkway Central Library
Pennsylvania
1901 Vine Street,
Philadelphia
Printing Eastern pediment: History of Printing[158] John Donnelly & Company[159] Horace Trumbauer 1927 limestone
Vine Street façade:
Putti with books and screw printing press:
Western pediment: Writing John Donnelly & Company[160] 1927 limestone
Putti with paper and typewriter:
Germantown High School Pennsylvania
40 High Street,
Philadelphia
a central winged female figure is flanked by 11 other figures, with children holding scrolls, skulls, a locomotive, other allegorical props Louis Milione[161] 1914[162]
Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank
(now Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia)
Pennsylvania
34-35 South Broad Street,
Philadelphia
Relief portrait bust of Stephen Girard flanked by sailing ships Frank Furness (preliminary design)
Allen Evans (plan)
McKim, Mead & White (detailing)[163]
1908 white marble
Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia:
Philadelphia County Family Court Building Pennsylvania
1801 Vine Street,
Philadelphia
Eastern pediment: Family Unity Giuseppe Donato John T. Windrim
Morton Keast
1940 limestone
The building is a near twin to the Parkway Central Library (left).
Western pediment: Family Protection[164] Louis Milione 1940 limestone
Philadelphia Museum of Art Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin Parkway,
Philadelphia
Western Civilization[165] C. Paul Jennewein Horace Trumbauer
Zantzinger & Borie
1932 polychrome terra cotta The museum's exterior features 8 pediments. Only this sculpture group has been completed.
The one-third-size plaster models for sculptor John Gregory's never-completed Pursuit of Wisdom Pediment (1926) are in PMA's collection.[166]
Rodin Museum Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin Parkway & 21st Street,
Philadelphia
replica of the Meudon Monument (Rodin's grave) Benedict Stone Corp. Paul Philippe Cret 1929 limestone
sculpture: cast stone
Meudon Monument
The Meudon Monument features the ruins of an 18th-century façade from the Château d'Issy (burned 1871). Rodin's grave is marked by a copy of his most famous sculpture, The Thinker.[167]
University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Silverman Hall)[168] Pennsylvania
34th & Chestnut Streets,
Philadelphia
pediment with two unicorns flanking cartouche, eagle above Edward Maene Cope and Stewardson 1902 limestone The building was modeled after Christopher Wren's 1689–1702 addition to Hampton Court Palace, which shows a similar heraldic image but with no pediment.

South Carolina

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Charleston City Hall
(formerly Charleston Branch, Bank of the United States)
South Carolina
80 Broad Street,
Charleston
Charleston City Seal[169] James E. Walker & Brothers Gabriel Manigault (attributed), 1804[170]

Charles Reichardt, 1839
1839 stone
Manigault designed the building as the Charleston Branch, Bank of the United States, 1804. Reichardt altered it into the City Hall, 1839. The seal's Latin motto translates, '"The Body Politic, She Guards Her Buildings, Customs and Laws." The building is the "second-oldest city hall in continuous use in America."[171]
South Carolina National Bank of Charleston South Carolina
16 Broad Street,
Charleston
carved, gilded eagle[172] unknown unknown 1817 gilded oak

Tennessee

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Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Shelby County Courthouse Tennessee
160 Adams Street,
Memphis
Four pediment groups: Canon Law, Roman Law, Statutory Law, Civil Law and Criminal Law. J. Massey Rhind H. D. Hale and James Gamble Rogers[173] Building constructed in 1909[173]
Parthenon Tennessee
Centennial Park,
Nashville
East pediment: The Birth of Athena[174] George Julian Zolnay (1897)
Belle Kinney (1931)
Leopold Scholz (1931)
Capt. W.C. Smith, (1897)
Russell E. Hart, (1931)
1931 painted concrete Nashville's nickname is "The Athens of the South," and a replica of the Parthenon was built to be the main attraction at the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Constructed of artificial stone over wood, it was expected to be temporary building.
A permanent replica, constructed of concrete over a steel armature, was begun in the 1920s and completed in 1931.[175]
West pediment: The Battle between Athena and Poseidon[176]
Schermerhorn Symphony Center Tennessee
1 Symphony Place,
Nashville
Raymond Kaskey David M. Schwarz
Earl Swensson Associates
2006 marble Home of the Nashville Symphony

Utah

[edit]
Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Noyes Building Utah
Snow College,
150 East College Avenue,
Ephraim
The Three Muses[177] Richard C. Watkins 1903 painted tin over carved wood or plaster

Virginia

[edit]
Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
George Washington Masonic National Memorial Virginia
101 Callahan Drive,
Alexandria
George Washington Medallion[178] Gail Sherman Corbett Harvey Wiley Corbett 1932 granite
Cabell Hall Virginia
University of Virginia,
Charlottesville
Ye Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Make You Free[179] George Julian Zolnay Stanford White
McKim, Mead & White
1898 painted concrete

West Virginia

[edit]
Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Marion County Courthouse West Virginia
Adams & Jefferson Streets,
Fairmont
Entrance Pediment[180] W. D. Priest of Whyte & Priest Yost & Packard 1900 stone
Tyler County Courthouse and Jail West Virginia
Main & Dodd Streets,
Middlebourne
seated Justice flanked by male and female supplicants[181] unknown Holmboe and Pogue 1922 The portico and pediment date from the 1922 redesign of an 1854 building.

Washington

[edit]
Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Seattle, Washington Washington
117 3rd Avenue,
Seattle

Wisconsin

[edit]
Building Location Image Sculpture Sculptor Architect Installed Medium Notes
Wisconsin State Capitol Wisconsin
2 East Main Street,
Madison
East pediment: Liberty Supported by the Law[182] Karl Bitter
John Grignola (carver)
George Browne Post & Sons 1910 Bethel Vermont granite[183]
West pediment: Wisconsin State Resources[184] Karl Bitter 1917 Bethel Vermont granite
Bitter's plaster model for the west pediment.
North pediment: The Learning of the World[185] Attilio Piccirilli
Furio Piccirilli (carver)
1915 Bethel white granite
South pediment: Wisdom, Thought, and Reflection[186] Adolph Alexander Weinman 1917 Bethel Vermont granite
Germania Building Wisconsin
135 W. Wells Street,
Milwaukee
two pediments: lower on entry portico has two putti flanking cartouche, upper with two seated figures flanking cartouche reading "1896"[187] Carl Kuehns of the Milwaukee Ornamental Carving Company[188] Schnetsky & Liebert 1896 stone

See also

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