Category:Christopher Columbus by Emma Stebbins

Statue of Christopher Columbus 

statue in Brooklyn, New York
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Instance of	statue
Depicts	Christopher Columbus
Genre	statue public art
Location	Columbus Park New York City Brooklyn United States of America
Architect	Aymar Embury II
Creator	Emma Stebbins
Inception	1867
Significant event	conservation (2006)
Sponsor	Marshall O. Roberts (https://books.google.com/books?id=nqwWAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA146)
40° 41′ 38.08″ N, 73° 59′ 23.68″ W
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The marble statue of Christopher Columbus by sculptor Emma Stebbins, made in the late 1860s, stands on a stylized limestone plinth designed by Aymar Embury II in 1934. The statue was presented to the Board of Commissioners of Central Park by Marshal O. Roberts in 1869, but it was not installed in Central Park. It was discovered in storage in 1934, and was installed in Columbus Park in Manhattan's Chinatown. In 1971, when the south part of Cadman Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn was renamed Columbus Park, the statue was moved to its current placement, in front of the New York State Supreme Court Building. (Source: NYC Parks Dept description)