Administered by Oklahoma State Fair Association Skilled Labor 500 Land Rush Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73107
Located Oklahoma State Fair South side of Fourteen Flags Plaza Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Date:
1980. Dedicated Sept. 1980
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1994.
Image on file.
Leonard McMurry (copyright symbol) 1980 (On bronze plaque on front of base:) WILLIAM/BILL GILL, JR./1914-1976/BUILDER/LEADER/CIVIC SERVANT/CITY MANAGER/1946-50 1955-57/DEVOTED TO FAMILY/CITY & PROFESSION/MEMORIAL BY/MRS. VERA GILL, MR. & MRS. EDWARD L. GAYLORD/& STATE FAIR OF OKLAHOMA/SEPTEMBER 1980 signed
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Summary:
Standing figure of William Bill Gill, Jr., dressed in unbuttoned suit jacket, trousers with belt, shirt and tie. Proper left hand holds a rolled set of plans down at his side and proper right hand extends forward as if to shake someone's hand. Figure is atop a base that sits in a pool of water.
