Administered by City of Minneapolis Minneapolis Arts Commission 350 South 5th Street, City Hall, Room 200 Minneapolis Minnesota 55415
Located Minnehaha Park South of the Falls, near Stevens House Minneapolis Minnesota
Date:
1911-1912. Dedicated June 10, 1912. Relocated Oct. 5, 1935
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MN0022, 1989.
Monumental News, Oct. 1910, pg. 743.
Image on file.
Minneapolis Journal, Nov. 8, 1914, pg. 4.
(On sculpture:) Jakob Fjelde ar(?)/John Gelert.Sculptors/Roman Bronze Works, New York (On plaque on base:) COL. JOHN H. STEVENS/BORN JUNE 13, 1820/DIED MAY 28, 1900/FIRST SETTLER IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Standing figure of Col. John Stevens wearing a long coat and wide-brimmed hat. He has a moustache and a long beard. He grasps the lapel of his coat with his proper left hand.
