Administered by City of Colorado Springs Facilities Management 30 South Nevada Avenue, 545 East Pikes Peak Avenue Colorado Springs Colorado 80903
Located Intersection of Platte Avenue at Nevada Avenue Colorado Springs Colorado 80903
Date:
Commissioned March 28, 1924. Cast August 1929. Dedicated Sept. 2, 1929
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs survey, 1993.
SOS Assessment Award, 2001.
Image on file.
(On bronze base of sculpture:) William J. Palmer/ By N.D. Potter SC/Enfield Mass /1928 (East and west faces of granite base:) GENERAL/WILLIAM JACKSON PALMER/FOUNDER OF THE CITY/OF COLORADO SPRINGS/1871 signed
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Summary:
General William Jackson Palmer seated on a horse. His proper left hand rests on his proper left thigh, while his proper right hand grips the horse's reins. The horse's proper left, rear leg and his proper right, front leg are extended back.
