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General John A. Rawlins

General John A. Rawlins
Statue at Rawlins Park.jpg
The sculpture in 2007
Coordinates

38°53′45″N 77°02′31″W / 38.895833°N 77.041944°W / 38.895833; -77.041944Coordinates: 38°53′45″N 77°02′31″W / 38.895833°N 77.041944°W / 38.895833; -77.041944

General John A. Rawlins
Part of Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C.
NRHP reference # 78000257
Added to NRHP September 20, 1978
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

38°53′45″N 77°02′31″W / 38.895833°N 77.041944°W / 38.895833; -77.041944Coordinates: 38°53′45″N 77°02′31″W / 38.895833°N 77.041944°W / 38.895833; -77.041944

General John A. Rawlins is a statue depicting John Aaron Rawlins, a United States Army general who served during the Civil War and later as Secretary of War. The statue is a focal point of Rawlins Park, a small public park in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. 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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