People's Methodist Church 62-64 Purchase Street Spire Newburyport Massachusetts
Date:
Original 1840. Copy ca. 1980
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Image on file.
(Inscription inside trumpet is not decipherable)
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Summary:
Atop the spire of the People's Methodist Church is a weathervane depicting the Angel Gabriel flying with his wings extended and a trumpet held up to his mouth. The figure's trumpet is three-dimensional.
