Administered by Montana Tech of the University of Montana 1300 West Park Street Butte Montana 59701
Located Montana Tech of the University of Montana West Park Street entrance Butte Montana
Date:
1904-1905. Cast June 1906. Dedicated Sept. 2, 1907. Relocated 1941
Notes:
SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 2001.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Montana survey, 1994.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MT2001, 1989.
Monumental News, July 1902; June 1905.
Dryfhout, John H., "The Works of Saint-Gaudens," Hanover & London: University Press of New England, 1982, pg. 275.
SOS Assessment Award, 2000.
Image on file.
Dryfhout, John H., "The Works of Saint-Gaudens," Hanover & London, Univer. of New England Press, 1982, pg. 275.
AVGVSTVS SAINT-GAUDENS ASPET MCMV (On base, incised:) MARCUS DALY/A PIONEER MINER WHO FIRST DEVELOPED/THE FAMOUS PROPERTIES ON THE HILL/OVERLOOKING THE SITE OF THIS MEMORIAL/WHICH IS ERECTED BY HIS FELLOW CITIZENS/IN TRIBUTE TO HIS NOBLE TRAITS OF CHARACTER/IN GRATEFUL REMEMBERANCE OF HIS GOOD DEEDS/AND IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SPLENDID/SERVICES HE RENDERED AS A BUILDER/OF THE CITY OF BUTTE AND THE STATE/OF MONTANA/ERECTED AD 1906 signed
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Summary:
Full-length portrait of Marcus Daly, dressed in suit and vest. Over his proper left arm, he carries an overcoat; in his proper right hand, he holds a hat. He stands atop square granite base.