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The ambitious design was meant to be a multicolored reflective statue representing friendship, the origin of the name of the state of Texas. It would have been the largest statue in the world and twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. [2] Doug Michels is commonly known for being the architect behind Cadillac Ranch. [citation needed]
Bust of Simón Bolívar (Houston) Spirit of the Confederacy; Statue of Christopher Columbus (Houston) Statue of Confucius (Houston) Statue of George H. Hermann; Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Houston) Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Houston) Statue of Richard W. Dowling
Sam Houston Monument, Hermann Park; Spirit of the Confederacy, Sam Houston Park; Statue of Christopher Columbus (1992), Bell Park; Statue of George H. Hermann; Statue of Richard W. Dowling (1905), Hermann Park; Tolerance; Virtuoso, Downtown Houston; World War I Monument; World War II Memorial
Spirit of the Confederacy, also known as the Confederacy Monument, is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting an angel holding a sword and palm branch by Louis Amateis, installed in Houston's Sam Houston Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. It was erected in 1908 by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The Spirt of Ecstasy also called Emilie Sculptured by Charles Robinson Sykes. The Spirit of Ecstasy, also called "Emily", "Silver Lady" or "Flying Lady", carries with it a story about a secret passion between John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu (second Lord Montagu of Beaulieu after 1905, a pioneer of the automobile movement, and editor of ''The Car'' magazine from 1902) and his secret ...
The Spirit of Eternal Repose; Statue of Christopher Columbus (Houston) Statue of Confucius (Houston) Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Houston) Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Houston) Statue of Richard W. Dowling
A controversial statue by Pakistani-American sculptor Shahzia Sikander has been beheaded at the University of Houston. ‘Show the violated work’: Artist requests beheaded sculpture remains on ...
Prior to 1958, the statue was at the city hall. [3] This was the first public monument commissioned by the city government; he was chosen as he fought in favor of the CSA. [4] The site received a Historical Marker (#11938) by the Texas Historical Commission in 1998. [5] On August 19, 2017, Andrew Schneck was arrested at the statue with bomb ...