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Object Type |
Survey |
Title |
Public Monument Conservation Project |
Scope & Content |
The Public Monument Conservation Project was an inventory of significant statuary and monuments all over the U.S. Works of historical or artistic importance were catalogued into a national database to provide a listing of sculptural heritage. Funded by a grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust and coordinated by the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property and the American Association for State and Local History, the project included an assessment of the physical condition of each monument; a description of its appearance and composition (including photographs when possible); an explanation of the monument's significance; and as much background information on each monument as could be discovered. The City of Charleston's Department of Parks was the agency responsible for carrying out the project in Charleston. Files are arranged by location of the monument/statue as follows: WHITE POINT GARDENS USS Hobson Memorial (Hobson Monument) USS Amberjack Memorial Hunley Fountain Monument to the Defenders of Fort Moultrie (Jasper Monument) Monument to William Gilmore Simms (Simms Bust, Simms Monument) Monument to the Confederate Defenders of Charleston (Fort Sumter Monument) GIBBES MUSEUM Nymph (by Guarnerio) Lotus (by Loppnow) Knaefiel-Ackyad (1984, by Abdell) Ackyard-Knaefiel (1985, by Abdell) MARION SQUARE Memorial to Wade Hampton (Hampton Obelisk) Shaft to John C. Calhoun (Calhoun Monument) WASHINGTON SQUARE Shaft to the Washington Light Infantry (Washington Light Infantry Monument) The Timrod Memorial (Timrod Bust) Memorial to Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson Memorial Marker to Captain John Christie Memorial Arch to Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (Beauregard Monument) Salvadore Monument The Little Dancers (The Little Angels) WATERFRONT PARK Vendue Plaza Fountain The Pineapple Fountain MISCELLANEOUS SITES L. Mendel Rivers Memorial (County Courthouse, west side) Murray Boulevard Monument (Murray Boulevard & Rutledge Avenue) The Fountain at Wragg Mall (Wragg Plaza) Collection also includes background information related to the project including general guidelines, field guide and instruction manual, and correspondence (1986-87); information added by HCF staff in 2001 including survey forms for the Holocaust Memorial Monument and Siege of Charleston Monument, survey forms for miscellaneous plaques, and news articles about the monument to Sallie F. Chapin and the relocation of the statue of William Pitt. |
Subjects |
Public sculpture Monuments Statues White Point Garden (Charleston, S.C.) Gibbes Museum of Art (Charleston, S.C.) Washington Square Park (Charleston, S.C.) Marion Square (Charleston, S.C.) Memorials Waterfront Park (Charleston, S.C.) Fountains Plaques Calhoun Monument (Charleston, S.C.) |
Search Terms |
Murray Boulevard Wragg Square/Wragg Street/Aiken's Row |
Physical Description |
1 Document Box |
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Object ID # |
2007.001.01 |