Statue of John Aaron Rawlins
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The statue of John Aaron Rawlins, a United States Army general who served during the Civil War and later as Secretary of War, is a focal point of Rawlins Park, a small public park in Washington, D.C.'s Foggy Bottom neighborhood. It was installed in 1874, but relocated several times between 1880 and 1931. The statue was sculpted by French-American artist Joseph A. Bailly, whose best known work is the statue of George Washington in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
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Statue of John Aaron Rawlins | |
Part of | Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C. |
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NRHP reference No. | 78000257[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 20, 1978[2] |
Location | Rawlins Park, Washington, D.C., United States |
Designer | Joseph A. Bailly (sculptor) Robert Wood & Company (founder) Westham Granite Works (fabricator) |
Material | Bronze (sculpture) Granite (base) |
Width | 4 feet (1.2 m) |
Height | 20 feet (6.1 m) |
Opening date | 1874 |
Dedicated to | John Aaron Rawlins |
The bronze sculpture, which rests on a granite base, is one of the city's eighteen Civil War monuments that were collectively listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The monument and park are owned and maintained by the National Park Service, a federal agency of the Interior Department. The statue is considered by historians to be one of the better portrait statues in Washington, D.C.