![]() The sculpture in 2007
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38°53′45″N 77°02′31″W / 38.895833°N 77.041944°WCoordinates: 38°53′45″N 77°02′31″W / 38.895833°N 77.041944°W |
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General John A. Rawlins
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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) |
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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°WCoordinates: 38°53′45″N 77°02′31″W / 38.895833°N 77.041944°W
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.