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Grand Army Plaza
5 Av, W 58 St to W 59 St
Manhattan
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Acres: 0.62
William Tecumseh Sherman 
Read a history from Parks’ Historical Signs Project. This text can be found posted within the park.
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- Sculptor: Augustus Saint-Gaudens; Alexander Phimister Proctor
- Architect: Charles Follen McKim
- Description: Group (heroic scale) consisting of equestrian figure and female figure on pedestal decorated with six applied wreaths (three on each side), plaque set in pavement
- Materials: Group and wreaths--bronze (gilded); pedestal--Stony Creek granite (polished); plaque--bronze; pavement: bluestone
- Cast: 1902
- Dedicated: December 5, 1989
- Foundry: Group and wreaths--Thiebaut Freres, Paris
- Fabricator: Plaque--International Bronze, Garden City, Long Island
- Donor: Citizens of New York, under auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York; David Schwartz Foundation
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