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Benjamin Franklin (Jouvenal)

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Type
  
Carrara marble

Area
  
less than one acre

Created
  
1889

Year
  
1889

Dimensions
  
240 cm (8 ft)

Artist
  
Jacques Jouvenal

Owner
  
National Park Service

Added to NRHP
  
14 July 1978

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Location
  
Washington, D.C., United States

Location
  
12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C.

Part of
  
American Revolution Statuary.

Similar
  
Syng inkstand, The Apotheosis of Washin, Peace Monument, Ulysses S Grant Memorial, Daniel Webster Memorial

Benjamin Franklin is a Carrara marble statue by Jacques Jouvenal. It sits at Old Post Office Pavilion, at 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.

A gift of Stilson Hutchins, a founder of the Washington Post, it was dedicated on January 17, 1889, at 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. It was moved to its current site in 1982.

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References

Benjamin Franklin (Jouvenal) Wikipedia