Administered by City of Cincinnati Cincinnati Park Board 950 Eden Park Drive Cincinnati Ohio 45202
Located Inwood Park Vine Street, on hillside east of pavilion Cincinnati Ohio
Date:
1911. Dedicated Oct. 22, 1911
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1993.
Cincinnati Park Board, "Art in the Park," Cincinnati, OH, n.d.
Image on file.
Giglierano, G. and D. Overmyer, "The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati," Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988, pg. 201.
(Lower front of sculpture, in raised letters:) TURNVATER/FRIEDRICH LUDWIG/JAHN unsigned
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Summary:
A rough-hewn, rock-faced gray granite slab with an oval white marble bust relief of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn inset at the front top center. Carved in relief on the front proper right of the sculpture is a broken trunk of an oak tree, and on the lower proper left in relief is an inscription. A plaque which described Jahn's accomplishments used to be on the back of the memorial. The memorial is set on a poured concrete foundation.
