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Doctor John Witherspoon

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Type
  
Bronze

Area
  
less than one acre

Artist
  
William Couper

Year
  
1909

Added to NRHP
  
14 July 1978

Location
  
Washington, D.C.

NRHP Reference #
  
78000256

Created
  
1909

Owner
  
National Park Service

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Location
  
Connecticut Avenue and N Street, N.W. Northwest, Washington, D.C.

Part of
  
American Revolution Statuary.

Similar
  
Peace Monument, Ulysses S Grant Memorial, Daniel Webster Memorial, Victims of Communism Memorial, Japanese American Memorial

Doctor John Witherspoon is a bronze sculpture by William Couper of John Witherspoon, Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence.

It was dedicated May 20, 1909, by the National Presbyterian Church, and relocated in 1966. It is located at Connecticut Avenue and N Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.

As part of American Revolution Statuary in Washington, D.C., the statue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

Doctor John Witherspoon Wikipedia