Major General John A. Logan

Major General John A. Logan

Coordinates	38°54′35″N 77°01′47″W / 38.909644°N 77.029647°W / 38.909644; -77.029647Coordinates: 38°54′35″N 77°01′47″W / 38.909644°N 77.029647°W / 38.909644; -77.029647

Major General John A. Logan
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Part of	Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C.
NRHP Reference #	78000257
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1978
Location	Logan Circle, Washington, D.C., United States
Designer	Franklin Simmons (sculptor) Richard Morris Hunt (architect) Fonderia Nelli (founder) Cranford Paving Company (contractor)
Material	bronze (sculpture) bronze and granite (base)
Length	10 feet (3.0 m)
Width	4.05 feet (1.23 m)
Height	12 feet (3.7 m)
Opening date	April 9, 1901
Dedicated to	John A. Logan

Major General John A. Logan, also known as the General John A. Logan Monument and Logan Circle Monument, is an equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. that honors politician and Civil War general John A. Logan. The monument is sited in the center of Logan Circle, a traffic circle and public park in the Logan Circle neighborhood. The statue was sculpted by artist Franklin Simmons, whose other prominent works include the Peace Monument and statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection. The architect of the statue base was Richard Morris Hunt, designer of prominent buildings including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island. Prominent attendees at the dedication ceremony in 1901 included President William McKinley, members of his cabinet, Senator Chauncey Depew, Senator Shelby Moore Cullom, and General Grenville M. Dodge.