Story Monument

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Story Monument
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ArtistWilliam Galloway (sculptor)
Year1993 (1993)
TypeLimestone
Dimensions1,316.1 cm× 271.0 cm× 271.0 cm(518.16 in× 106.68 in× 106.68 in)
LocationStory, Indiana
Coordinates 39°5′55.51″N86°12′48.98″W / 39.0987528°N 86.2136056°W / 39.0987528; -86.2136056
OwnerStory Inn

Story Monument is a public artwork by American artist William Galloway, located at the intersection of State Road 135 South and Elkinsville Road in Story, Indiana, United States. Story Monument was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993. The monument is a tribute to the economy of Story. [1]

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Description

The monument is carved to look like a tree trunk with its limbs cut off. The sculpture is carved with images of a wagon wheel, a deer, a dogwood tree and vine. [1]

Information

The sculpture was built to represent, according to Save Outdoor Sculpture!, "the economic decline of Story in the 1930s, and its subsequent rebirth in the late 1970s." The carving of the wagon wheel represents the Studebaker buggy assembly operation that was located in Story in the 1920s. [1] (Studebaker's main South Bend factory ceased making horse-drawn vehicles in 1919.) [2] :p.90 It took a number of years for artist William Galloway to complete. He worked on it while his parents owned the Story Inn. [3]

Condition

This sculpture, which was incomplete at survey in 1993, was described as "well maintained." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Save Outdoor Sculpture (1993). "(Story Monument), (sculpture)". SOS. Smithsonian. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. Longstreet, Stephen. A Century on Wheels: The Story of Studebaker. New York: Henry Holt and Company. p. 121. 1st edn., 1952.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Story Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. United States Department of the Interior. p. 7. Retrieved 6 January 2020.