Colonel Thomas Cass (Boston, Massachusetts)
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Erected in 1899, this monument to Colonel Thomas Cass of the Ninth Massachusetts Infantry stands on the same spot in the Boston Public Gardens where a previous statue of Cass was placed ten years before. Following a series of complaints about the original granite sculpture's likeness of the Colonel, artist Richard E. Brooks was hired to design the current bronze statue, for which he was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1900.
Monument type:
Statue - high ranking official
Artist:
Richard E. Brooks (New York)
Dedication Date:
Address:
Boston
Massachusetts
UK
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Material:
Statue - bronze. Base - granite.
Size:
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Creator:
J. J. Horgan (fabricator)
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Erected by:
The City of Boston
Funded by:
Mayor Josiah Quincy/City of Boston (funded through the Jonathan Phillips Fund, $9,174)
Run by:
Indigenous Land
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