Administered by City of Fort Worth Parks and Recreation Department 1000 Throckmorton Street Fort Worth Texas 76102
Located Triangular park adjacent to City Hall, 1100 Throckmorton & Jennings Avenue Fort Worth Texas
Date:
1906
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Fort Worth survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(On front of base, raised letters, overlapping:) JPS (On lower front of base, raised letters:) JOHN PETER SMITH (Metal plate on proper left side of base:) MADE BY FORT WORTH MARBLE AND/GRANITE WORKS/E.T. BERGIN PROP. unsigned
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Summary:
A bust of John Peter Smith with a moustache, wearing a bow tie, vest and jacket. The bust is mounted on a tall, tapered base decorated with a relief of his initials (JPS) on the front.
