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THE MONUMENTAL NEWS. 
FOUNTAIN MEMORIAL IN A NEW YORK PARK 
SULLIVAN FOUNTAIN, NEW YORK. 
J, S. Hartley, Sc.; Frank Wallis, Arch. 
Like the Slocum Memorial, recently unveiled in Tomp- 
kins Square Park, the monument in memory of the late 
Algernon S. Sullivan, presented to the city and unveiled 
in Van Cortlandt Park, takes the practical shape of a 
public drinking fountain. Not commemorating a great 
catastrophe, as the former does, the newer monument 
is larger and somewhat more ornate, though the gen- 
eral design is very simple. The square-sided, altar-like 
fountain is placed in the middle of each of the long sides 
of the right-angled central structure, rising to something 
less than half its height; the slight cornice of this cen- 
tral pier is topped by an ornamental arabesque in low 
relief, in the center of which, on each side, is a circular 
bronze medallion by J. Scott Hartley, a profile head of 
the deceased lawyer. Underneath is the inscription: “In 
honor of Algernon Sydney Sullivan; Jurist-Statesman- 
Orator; He Reached Out Both Hands in Constant Help- 
fulness to His Fellowmen.” The material employed is 
dressed granite, and the design of the whole is by Frank 
Wallis. The fountain basins will accommodate both 
horses and human beings. Among the societies and as- 
sociations present at the formal unveiling and presenta- 
tion to the city were members of the American Bar As- 
sociation, of the Seventy-first Regiment Veterans, of 
the New York Society and others. 
Interesting dedicatory exercises by these organizations 
were held, including a number of addresses commemorating 
the life and public services of Mr. Sullivan. 
On the side of the horse basin, under “Jurist-States- 
man-Orator” the inscription reads: “An Immaculate 
Life Devoted with Never-Failing Fidelity to Public and 
Private Trusts.” The lettering is gilded and the por- 
trait medallion on each side is gilded bronze. The main 
shaft and the Greek crown which surmounts it, are 
of Block Island granite, and the builder of the memorial 
is Wm. Crawford, 5 East 42d street. New York. 
THE GREAT McCLELLAN MEMORIAL AT WASHINGTON 
The most imposing of the season’s unveilings was the dedi- 
cation at Washington, D. C., May 2, of the monument to 
Major General George B. McClellan, shown on the cover 
of this issue. 
The civic and military ceremonies were unusually elab- 
orate even for Washington, the special occasion being the 
37th annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the 
Potomac, under whose auspices the memorial was erected. 
This organization raised a fund of $11,000 by popular con- 
tributions, to which was added an appropriation of $50,000 
by Congress. President Roosevelt made the principal speech, 
and, with General Frederick D. Grant on his right and Gov- 
ernor Stokes of New Jersey on his left, witnessed an impos- 
ing military parade of regulars and militia. 
The statue stands at Connecticut avenue and Columbia 
Road, and is the work of Frederick MacMonnies, who was 
commissioned to do the work after all the models in a compe- 
tition had been rejected. The statue is typical of Mr. Mac- 
Monnies’ characteristic perfection in technical execution and 
mastery of effective decorative grouping. It is the modern 
American equestrian group at its best and amply justifies the 
commission’s course in giving Mr. MacMonnies carte blanche 
.in executing the work. 
Mr. MacMonnies modeled the figure of the general from 
photographs, busts and articles worn by him during war 
times and furnished the sculptor by relatives and comrades 
of Gen. McClellan. The model for the horse was in part 
taken from the huge plaster cast of the “Wild Horses,” 
which is a conspicuous feature of MacMonnies’ studio. The 
bronze group is fourteen feet high and was modeled and 
cast in Paris. 
The total height of the monument is 3754 feet. The ped- 
estal is the work of James R. Cocroft, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 
after Mr. MacMonnies’ design. It is of Maine pink granite 
from quarries at Green’s Landing, and every exposed part 
is polished. It rests upon five steps of the same material. 
The bottom course of steps covers an area of 34-8x27-5. 
The bottom course of the pedestal proper is 20 by 13 feet. 
The height of the pedestal and steps from the ground is 23-6. 
The die is 12-954xll-8%x5-754 and is heavily molded at the 
bottom. The cap is 16-1054x8-10^2x3-0, with a heavily 
molded cornice. 
The weight of the foundation, pedestal, and statue is about 
650 tons. Nearly 300 pieces of granite were used in the 
pedestal. 
