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 | ||
Gettysburg monuments 053 general winfield scott hancock
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.
Gettysburg monuments 052 general winfield scott hancock
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General Winfield Scott Hancock (Ellicott) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA