Administered by City of Brookhaven 300 South First Street Brookhaven Mississippi 39601
Located Railroad Park Adjacent to 208 Whitworth Avenue Brookhaven Mississippi 39601
Date:
1923. Dedicated Dec. 23, 1923
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1992.
Image on file.
(On front of base:) J.W.McGRATH/IN MEMORY OF/J.W.McGRATH/BORN JULY.11.1861/DIED OCTOBER.20.1922/"I PRAY THEE THEN/WRITE ME AS ONE/THAT LOVES HIS FELLOW-MEN"/ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS unsigned
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Summary:
A stone portrait bust of Mr. J. W. McGrath wearing a suit and tie. He looks straight forward and has a moustache and short hair. On the front of the rectangular, tiered, stone base is a relief of a wreath. The base is surrounded by rows of plantings. Directly behind the sculpture is a covered light.
