William Henry Seward monument in Volunteer Park, Seattle, probably between 1910 and 1912

Warner 60a Statue of William Henry Seward by Richard Edwin Brooks (1865–1919) created in 1909 for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and moved to Volunteer Park in 1910. William Henry Seward was United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warner, Arthur Churchill, 1864-1943
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1910
Subjects:
Monuments & memorials > Washington (State) > Seattle
Seward
William Henry
1801-1872 > Monuments > Washington (State) > Seattle
Yukon
Pacific
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/warner/id/59
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Summary:Warner 60a Statue of William Henry Seward by Richard Edwin Brooks (1865–1919) created in 1909 for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and moved to Volunteer Park in 1910. William Henry Seward was United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States Senator. He also negotiated the Alaska Purchase in 1867. Richard E. Brooks, who created the statue of Governor John H. McGraw (1850-1910) located in Seattle’s Times Square, was chosen to sculpt Seward’s likeness. The completed bronze statue is almost nine feet tall, and weighs close to 2,500 pounds. It stands atop a pedestal of imported granite, 10 feet by 11 inches in height. (HistoryLink.org Essay 8195) The Volunteer Park Conservatory (not shown) was completed in 1912.

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