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'1 HE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, PHILADELPHIA. 
vestments of the fund, it finally reached $280,000. 
The cost of the monument has been about $250,- 
000. In 1876 plans were called for and three years 
later the design of Professor Rudolph Siemering, of 
Berlin, accepted. All the figures are of bronze and 
were cast abroad. 
The monument proper stands on a platform of 
granite, 61 by 74 feet and is six feet and a half in 
height. It is reached by thirteen steps, symbolical 
of the thirteen original states. The pedestal is 
of polished granite, 17 by 30 feet. The equestrian 
figure of General Washington in colonial uniform 
stands 20 feet above the pedestal. The total height 
of the monument is 44 feet; at the four corners are 
fountains served by allegorical figures of the Ameri- 
can Indian. Each of these fountains is guarded by 
typical American animals. At the front and back of 
pedestal are allegorical groups, America is seated in 
the front, holding a cornucopia and a trident, and 
the rear group represents America rousing her sons 
to the realization of slavery. The monument stands 
at the Green street entrance of Fairmount Park. 
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.The Stephen Girard Statue, Philadelphia. 
The monument of Stephen Girard has been 
dedicated in Philadelphia. It stands on the west 
side of the City Hall Plaza, facing Market street. 
The bronze figure of the philanthropist and the dec- 
orative panels were modeled by J. Massey Rhind, 
sculptor. The pedestal is of fine grain New Hamp- 
shire granite of a light gray color. The one step 
course, 1 1 feet square, rising 6 inches from the 
ground, forms the bed for the sub-base which is 8 
feet square with a rise of 8 y 2 inches, on this is the 
base 5 feet square, rising 13 34 inches, and the die 
is 5 feet 4 inches high, which makes a total height 
of pedestal of 8 feet 10 inches. 
On the front of the die is a 
graceful wreath, and on either side 
in sunken figures are the dates 
1750-1831. Directly under the 
wreath is the simple legend in 
Roman letters the name Stephen 
Girard. 
A bronze panel on the north 
side of pedestal typifies the grounds 
of Girard College on “Mothers 
Day,” with the main building of 
the college in the back ground. 
On the south side is a panel de- 
picting Girard as mariner and 
merchant and on the back of the 
pedestal is the inscription, “Phila- 
delphia’s Greatest Philanthropist. 
Erected by the Alumni College 
and the People of this City and 
Common Weilth, 1897.” The upper part of the die 
is carved in delicate relief and portrays the “Water 
Witch.’’ The figure of the great philanthropist clad 
in the ordinary loose fitting garments of the citizens 
of 1859, stands nine feet high. It is excellent in 
portraiture and pose. 
THE STEPHEN GIRARD MEMORIAL, PHILADELPHIA. 
