Bureau Brothers Foundry

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Bureau Bros foundry mark on the Civil War memorial in Elmira, New York Civil War Monument - Elmira, NY - Foundry Mark.jpg
Bureau Bros foundry mark on the Civil War memorial in Elmira, New York

Bureau Brothers Foundry was a foundry established by two French immigrants, Achille and Edouard Bureau, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in the 1870s. It was one of America's premier art foundries for many years, and cast works by some of the nation's leading sculptors.

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In 1892, the foundry was located at the west corner of 21st Street and Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia. [1] By 1913, it had moved to the southeast corner of 23rd and Westmoreland Streets in North Philadelphia. [2]

In the late 20th century, the long-idled North Philadelphia building was used by a piano tuner to hold more than 200 pianos over two decades. In 2013, the building was taken over by Philadelphia Salvage, an architectural salvage company. [3]

Works

TitleImageArtistYearLocationCoordinatesMaterialDimensionsOwner
Major General George Henry Thomas Major General George Henry Thomas.jpg John Quincy Adams Ward 1879 Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C. Bronze16 feet (4.9 m) National Park Service [4]
Monument to the N.Y. Vols. 107 [5] Civil War Monument - Elmira, NY - close view.jpg 1881 Elmira, New York Bronze
The Silent Sentry Soldiers Home Memorial in Laurel Hill Cemetery.jpg Achille Bureau 1883 Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bronze7 feet (2.1 m) Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States [6]
Orestes and Pylades Orestes and Pylades 5-Oct-2020.jpg Herman Kirn (from original by Carl Johann Steinhäuser) [7] 1884Oxford Street Entrance to Fairmount ParkBronze
The Puritan (Springfield) The Puritan by St. Gaudens.jpg Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1887 Springfield, Massachusetts Bronze
Dickens and Little Nell Dickens Statue.png Francis Edwin Elwell 1890 Clark Park, West Philadelphia 39°56′55″N75°12′34″W / 39.94860°N 75.20944°W / 39.94860; -75.20944 (Dickens and Little Nell (Elwell)) BronzeCity of Philadelphia
42nd New York Infantry Memorial 42nd New York Infantry monument.jpg John J. Boyle 1891 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Bronze
General Ulysses S. Grant (French) US Grant French 1.JPG Daniel Chester French & Edward Clark Potter 1898Kelly Drive 39°58′51″N75°11′52″W / 39.98080°N 75.19787°W / 39.98080; -75.19787 (General Ulysses S. Grant (French)) Bronze174 inCity of Philadelphia [8] [9] [10]
John L. Burns John Burns statue.jpg Albert George Bureau (b. 1871; likely related to the Bureau Brothers)1903 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Bronze
Coming of the White Man [11] Hermon Atkins MacNeil 1904 Washington Park in Portland, Oregon Bronze
Statue of General Wayne Valley Forge Anthony Wayne statue.jpg Henry Kirk Bush-Brown 1907 Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania Bronze168 inches tall
Lincoln Statue W. Granville Hastings1918 Greene County Courthouse, Jefferson, Iowa 42°00′56″N94°22′27″W / 42.01542°N 94.37409°W / 42.01542; -94.37409 (Lincoln Statue (Jefferson, Iowa)) BronzeLifesize Greene County, Iowa [12]
Thorfinn Karlsefni Thorfinn Karlsefni 1918.jpg Einar Jónsson 1920 Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bronze88 inches tall
Nuns of the Battlefield [13] [14] Order of Sisters Memorial.JPG Jerome Connor 1924 Civil War Nurses Memorial, 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 38°54′21″N77°02′25″W / 38.90580°N 77.04024°W / 38.90580; -77.04024 (Civil War Nurses Memorial) BronzeLifesize

Notes

  1. "1892 advertisement". 1892. Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  2. "1913 Bureau Brothers advertisement". 1913. Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  3. Paynter, Kimberly (July 29, 2013). "Philadelphia Salvage company takes over foundry with 200 'orphan' pianos". Newsworks. Philadelphia. WHYY. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  4. "Major General George Henry Thomas, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  5. "Civil War Monument - Elmira, NY". Waymarking. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  6. ""Silent Sentry" historic Civil War memorial statue moved to Laurel Hill Cemetery". www.montgomerynews.com. The Review. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  7. Pohlsander, Hans A. (1 January 2010). German Monuments in the Americas: Bonds Across the Atlantic. Peter Lang. p. 123. ISBN   9783034301381. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Philadelphia Survey. "General Ulysses S. Grant, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  9. "General Ulysses S. Grant Philadelphia —". Visitphilly.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  10. "35. General Ulysses S. Grant (1897) - TOUR 3: Boathouse Row and Kelly Drive - brought to you by Juncanoo". Exhibit.juncanoo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  11. "Washington Park, Portland, Oregon / History". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  12. Rebecca Conard. "Lincoln Statue" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  13. "Fieldguide to U.S. Public Monuments and Memorials :: Monument Detail". Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  14. "Civil War Nurses Memorial (Nuns of the Battlefield) (ca. 1924) SE of DuPont Circle in Washington, D.C. by Jerome Connor located in James M. Goode's Connecticut Avenue area". Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-04-04.

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