Dewey Arch
 (1900) | |
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| 40°44.53′0″N 73°59.34′0″W / 40.74217°N 73.98900°W | |
| Location | Manhattan, New York |
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| Designer | Charles R. Lamb |
| Type | Triumphal arch |
| Material | Staff[1] |
| Length | 70 feet (21 m) |
| Width | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
| Height | 85 feet (26 m) |
| Opening date | September 1899 |
| Dedicated to | George Dewey |
| Dismantled date | 1900 |
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| External videos | |
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 The Dewey Arch, American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., 1899. Available through the National Screening Room at the Library of Congress. |
The Dewey Arch was a
Madison Square in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.[2][3][4] It was erected for a parade in honor of Admiral George Dewey celebrating his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines in 1898.[5]
History
Planning for the parade, scheduled for September 1899, began early that year. The architect
John De Witt Warner,[7]
submitted a proposal for an arch to the City of New York, which approved the plan in July 1899.
With only two months remaining before the parade, the committee decided to build the arch and its
World's Fairs. Modeled after the Arch of Titus in Rome,[5][7] the Dewey Arch was decorated with the works of twenty-eight sculptors and topped by a large quadriga (modeled by Ward)[7] depicting four horses drawing a ship. The arch was illuminated at night with electric light bulbs.[8]
After the parade on September 30, 1899, the arch began to deteriorate. An attempt to raise money to rebuild it in stone (as had been done for the
Philippine War. The arch was demolished in 1900,[4] and the larger sculptures sent to Charleston, South Carolina, for an exhibit, after which they were either destroyed or lost.[5]
See also
- The separate Victory Arch which was built in the same place in 1918 and torn down 1920
References
Notes
- ^ Brody 2010, p. 133.
- ^ Architects' and Builders' Magazine 1900, p. 1.
- ^ Cusack 2005.
- ^ a b The New York Times 1900, p. 16.
- ^ a b c Gray 1992, p. 7.
- ^ Lamb 2020.
- ^ a b c Sharp 1985, p. 52f.
- ^ Nye 1992, p. 51.
Bibliography
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dewey Arch.
- Architects' and Builders' Magazine (1900). "The Dewey Arch". Architects' and Builders' Magazine. 32. W.T. Comstock. OCLC 8754926. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-226-07534-1. - Total pages: 213
- Cusack, Andrew (January 19, 2005). "The Dewey Arch". andrewcusack.com. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- "Art and Artists – Destruction of Dewey Arch" (PDF). OCLC 1645522. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- Gray, Christopher (May 10, 1992). "Streetscapes: Monumental Parallels; The Arch and the Bandshell". OCLC 1645522. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-262-64030-5. - Total pages: 479
- Sharp, Lewis I (1985). John Quincey Adams Ward: Dean of American Sculpture. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 978-0-87413-253-3.
- Lamb, Charles Rollinson (2020). "Charles R. Lamb scrapbook on the Dewey Arch, 1899–1901". Smithsonian. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
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