Contractor:

Tennessee Producers Marble Company  Search this

Southern Monument Company  Search this

Designer:

Geddes, David H. (possibly by)  Search this

Medium:

Bronze eagle on a stone base

Type:

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Destroyed

Date:

1896. Dedicated Oct. 24, 1901. Destroyed Aug. 22, 1904

Notes:

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TN0072, 1989.

Monumental News, Dec. 1905, pg. 816.

Moffatt, Frederick C., "A Tale of Two Monuments: Civil War Sculpture in Knoxville," East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications 50, (1978): pg. 3-20.

Summary:

A monument which consisted of a miniature medieval fortress with an inner room, stained glass window, and mosaic star. The fortress had crenelated bastions, turrets, corbelled table, decorative frieze, round-arch openings, and rusticated wall surfaces. At the top of the central turret, facing south, was a ferocious bronze eagle.

Topic:

History--United States--Civil War  Search this

Animal--Bird--Eagle  Search this

Architecture--Castle  Search this

Control number:

IAS TN000127

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_311890