- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Samuel Spencer statue
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1975
- Subject:
- Monuments and memorials--Georgia--Atlanta
Statues--Georgia--Atlanta
Railroad companies--Georgia--Atlanta
Railroad facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Railroad stations--Georgia--Atlanta
Southern Railway Company - People:
- Spencer, Samuel, 1847-1906—Statues
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the bronze statue of Samuel Spencer, first president of Southern Railway, located outside Brookwood Station in Atlanta, Georgia.
palladian window; brick wall; brick building; stone base; relocation;
Samuel Spencer was the first president of Southern Railway. May 21, 1910, a statue of Spencer was erected outside Terminal Station in Atlanta, Georgia. After the station was demolished, the statue was relocated to Brookwood Station which serviced Amtrack. In 2009, the statue was relocated to the front plaza of Norfolk Southern located at 1200 Peachtree Road NE in Atlanta, Georgia. The statue was sculptured by Daniel Chester French and the monument was designed by architect Henry Bacon. It is considered the prototype for French’s Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.2040.001
ahc1702040001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/2289
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission ofr use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
