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General Winfield Scott Hancock (Ellicott)

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Type
  
Bronze

Location
  
Washington, D.C.

Artist
  
Henry Jackson Ellicott

Year
  
1896

Added to NRHP
  
20 September 1978

Location
  
Washington, D.C.

NRHP Reference #
  
78000257

Created
  
1896

Owner
  
National Park Service

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Dimensions
  
270 cm × 210 cm (9 ft × 7 ft)

Part of
  
Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC.

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

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General Winfield Scott Hancock is an equestrian statue of Winfield Scott Hancock, by Henry Jackson Ellicott together with architect Paul J. Pelz. It is located at Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

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It was commissioned on March 2, 1889, and dedicated on May 12, 1896, by president Grover Cleveland. It cost $50,000.

The statue is a contributing monument to the Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC, of the National Register of Historic Places.

The statue is featured in the opening of the Netflix series House of Cards.

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References

General Winfield Scott Hancock (Ellicott) Wikipedia