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Joan of Arc Memorial
sculptor: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington, 1915
architect: John V. Van Pelt
architectural style: Gothic, revival
dedicated: December 6, 1915
Huntington's sculpture is meant to emphasized “the spiritual rather than the warlike point of view.” The base of the monument contains several limestone blocks from tower in Rouen, where Joan of Arc had been imprisoned.
Riverside Park - Manhattan
Upper West Side
Riverside Drive & 93rd Street
New York, NY
Inscription:
JOAN OF ARC / BORN AT / DOMREMY FRANCE / JANUARY 6TH,1411 / BURNED AT THE STAKE AT / ROUEN, FRANCE / MAY 30TH, 1431/
ERECTED BY / THE JOAN OF ARC STATUE COMMITTEE / IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1915.
