Smith Memorial Arch (Philadelphia, PA)

Smith Memorial Arch (Philadelphia, PA)

This monument consists of two limestone arches, on either side of the road going through Fairmount Park. Each arch is topped with a bronze equestrian figure: Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, who led the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg, and George B. McClellan, a Commanding General of the United States Army who was born in Philadelphia. Other statues include that of Richard Smith, who funded the memorial, and James H. Windrim, the principal artist. Windrim oversaw the design but the statues were given to various artists including Charles Grafly. There are other bronze busts in the arches, as well as Two Eagles and Globes. At each end of the monument are the ‘Whispering Benches’, so-called because when sat at one bench one can hear someone talk at the other.

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Caroline Scott

English

Site

2332

1898-05-08

1912-01-01

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James Windrim and others (see below)

United States

Smith Memorial Arch (Philadelphia, PA)

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Memorial arch

Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art)

Richard Smith

Fairmount Park Commission, City of Philadelphia

Bronze,Granite - grey,Limestone

This monumental memorial presented by Richard Smith Type-Founder of Philadelphia In memory of Pennsylvanians who took part in the Civil War. Their strife was not for aggrandizement and when conflict ceased the North with the South united again to enjoy the common heritage left by the fathers of our country resolving that thereafter all our people should dwell together in unity.

Association for Public Art

$500,000

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Union

Philadelphia

Park