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Christopher Columbus Statue (1970, 1986, 1995) located at Columbus Plaza (W. Main Street and Lawrence Hill Rd.) Lackawanna. Bust of Christopher Columbus (1940) located at Bethlehem Park, Madison Ave. Lindenhurst. Columbus Monument (1991) 7-foot-tall monument [186] Mahopac. Christopher Columbus Statue (1992) located at Thompson & McAlpin Streets ...
The statue was uncrated and erected in Columbus on October 10, 1955, and dedicated on October 12, 1955, [3] during the city's Columbus Day celebration. As the statue was undergoing repair work in 1979, a time capsule in the form of a copper box was discovered. It contained, among other items, a railroad bill of lading for shipment of the statue ...
Statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger; Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Columbus, Ohio) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbus City Hall) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbus State Community College) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Ohio Statehouse) Statue of Friedrich Schiller (Columbus, Ohio) Statue of Jim Rhodes; Statue of Lucas Sullivant
The sheet copper statue was cast by W. H. Mullins Company and depicts Columbus holding a globe. Next to Columbus is a granite pedestal with a dove on top of a globe. [2] The statue is approximately 9 feet (2.7 m) tall and weighs 150 lbs. [2]
Statues of Christopher Columbus (68 P) Pages in category "Monuments and memorials to Christopher Columbus" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
The entire monument cost $18,000, was made of Italian Ravazzoni marble, and stands 22 ft (6.7 m) from the ground, the statue of Columbus being 10 ft (3.0 m) in height and the pedestal 12 ft (3.7 m). The base is 7 ft (2.1 m) long by 6 ft (1.8 m) in width, and the weight is about 70,000 lb (32,000 kg).
The statue was created to commemorate the 400th anniversary, in 1892, of Columbus's arrival in the Americas. It was unveiled in Central Park on May 12, 1894. [3] [4] In August 2017, the statue was vandalized with red paint and graffiti reading "Hate will not be tolerated" and '#somethingscoming". The statue was restored shortly thereafter. [5]
The Columbus sculpture was completed in Germany in 1891, [2] transported across the Atlantic Ocean, and erected by the German-Americans of Columbus on July 4. [3] [4] The sculpture was rededicated on July 4, 1991. [4] In 2012, Friends of Schiller Park funded the installation of lights to illuminate the monument. [5]