Heald Square Monument
Heald Square Monument | |
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Artist | Lorado Taft and Leonard Crunelle |
Year | 1936-1941 |
Type | Bronze |
Location | Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois |
The Heald Square Monument is a bronze sculpture group by Lorado Taft in Heald Square, Chicago, Illinois. It depicts General George Washington, and the two principal financers of the American Revolution, Robert Morris and Haym Salomon. Following Taft's 1936 death, the sculpture was completed by his associates Leonard Crunelle, Nellie Walker and Fred Torrey.
Heald Square is located in the Michigan–Wacker Historic District of Chicago's Loop community area. The square was named for Captain Nathan Heald, commander of Fort Dearborn from 1810 to 1812.
The sculpture was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 1971.
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Chicago Landmark memorials and monuments | |
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National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, Chicago Landmark | |
National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places | |
National Register of Historic Places, Chicago Landmark | |
Chicago Landmark |
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Coordinates: 41°53′14″N 87°37′37″W / 41.88722°N 87.62685°W / 41.88722; -87.62685
Categories:
- 1941 establishments in Illinois
- 1941 sculptures
- Bronze sculptures in Illinois
- Statues of George Washington
- Chicago Landmarks
- Outdoor sculptures in Chicago
- Sculptures by Lorado Taft
- Statues in Chicago
- Sculptures of men in Illinois
- Monuments and memorials to George Washington in the United States
- Illinois building and structure stubs
- Chicago stubs