Administered by City of Cleveland Department of Parks, Recreation, and Property 500 Lakeside Drive Cleveland Ohio 44114
Located Public Square Northwest quadrant Cleveland Ohio
Date:
1915. Dedicated 1916
Notes:
Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1992.
Lybarger, Helen Baldwin, "A Survey of Public Monuments in Cleveland," Cleveland, OH: Early Settlers Assoc. of Cleveland & the Western Reserve, 1979. (booklet)
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, OH0042, 1989.
Monumental News, Aug. 1914, pg. 515.
SOS Conservation Notification Report, 1999.
Image on file.
Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 41.
TIFFANY STUDIOS, NEW YORK (Base, back:) ERECTED BY POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MEMORY OF THE MAN WHO GAVE/HIS FORTUNE AND HIS LIFE TO MAKE CLEVELAND AS HE OFTEN EXPRESSED IT/A HAPPIER PLACE TO LIVE IN; A BETTER PLACE TO DIE IN AND/LOCATED ON THE SPOT HE DEDICATED TO THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH (Base, right side:) HE FOUND US STRIVING/EACH HIS SELFISH PART/HE LEFT A CITY WITH A CIVIC HEART/AND EVER WITH HIS EYE/SET ON THE GOAL/THE VISION OF A CITY/WITH A SOUL. (Base, left side:) BEYOND HIS PARTY/AND BEYOND HIS CLASS/THIS MAN FORSOOK THE/FEW TO SERVE THE MASS/HE FOUND US GROPING/LEADERLESS AND BLIND/HE LEFT A CITY/WITH A CIVIC MIND Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Seated portrait of Tom L. Johnson holding a copy of Henry George's book "Progress and Poverty" in his proper right hand. The sculpture rests on a circular place inscribed with classical figures.
