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Location:
Broadway & 46th Street
Sculptor:
Charles Keck
Description:
Standing figure (over life size) before a Celtic cross, on a pedestal, on a base, on a platform with seat at rear, approached by three steps
Materials:
Figure--bronze; Cross, pedestal, base, platform, and steps--Archean green granite (source, Angora, Minnesota)
Dimensions:
Figure H: 7'6"; Pedestal H: 3'7" W: 4'10 1/4" D: 4'10 1/4"; Base H: 2'1" W: 5'3 3/8" D: 5'3 3/8"
Cast:
1937
Dedicated:
May 7, 1937
Donor:
Father Duffy Memorial Committee (figure); Works Progress Administration
Inscription:
Front
FATHER DUFFY
Back
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
FRANCES P. DUFFY
MAY 2, 1871 - JUNE 26, 1932
CATHOLIC PRIEST
CHAPLIN
165TH U.S. INFANTRY
OLD 69TH N.Y.
A LIFE OF SERVICE
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD
MEXICAN BORDER
WORLD WAR
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
CONSPICUOUS SERVICE CROSS
LEGION D'HONNEUR
CROIX DE GUERRE
Broadway & 46th Street
Sculptor:
Charles Keck
Description:
Standing figure (over life size) before a Celtic cross, on a pedestal, on a base, on a platform with seat at rear, approached by three steps
Materials:
Figure--bronze; Cross, pedestal, base, platform, and steps--Archean green granite (source, Angora, Minnesota)
Dimensions:
Figure H: 7'6"; Pedestal H: 3'7" W: 4'10 1/4" D: 4'10 1/4"; Base H: 2'1" W: 5'3 3/8" D: 5'3 3/8"
Cast:
1937
Dedicated:
May 7, 1937
Donor:
Father Duffy Memorial Committee (figure); Works Progress Administration
Inscription:
Front
FATHER DUFFY
Back
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
FRANCES P. DUFFY
MAY 2, 1871 - JUNE 26, 1932
CATHOLIC PRIEST
CHAPLIN
165TH U.S. INFANTRY
OLD 69TH N.Y.
A LIFE OF SERVICE
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD
MEXICAN BORDER
WORLD WAR
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
CONSPICUOUS SERVICE CROSS
LEGION D'HONNEUR
CROIX DE GUERRE
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