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Standing in the middle of a 328-inch granite arch, a 180-inch granite statue of Roger Williams overlooks a panoramic view of Providence. The figure wears colonial garb including pants that gather just below the knee, knee-high socks, leather shoes, a…

Intended as a memorial sculpture for Georgiana Vallette Harvey, jewelry manufacturer Henry W. Harvey left monies in trust for the monument at his death in 1922. The twelve-foot statue of a standing Abraham Lincoln was only realized in 1958. The…

Italian sculptor Ercole Drei modeled the equestrian statue; Guido Nincheri designed the base. The monument shows General Pulaski mounted on a horse, who is rearing back on its hind legs. Ready for battle, Pulaski holds an upraised arm with sword in…

The Providence-based architect Oresto DiSaia designed the Marconi Memorial which takes the form of a tall square column with two small, stepped squares at the top. The front of the memorial includes a bas-relief portrait of Marconi, dedicatory…

Designed by the Philadelphia architect, Paul Cret, the World War I Memorial is a large Doric column rising 115 feet above its base. On top of the shaft is a female allegorical figure of Victory. The drum at the base of the column includes carved…

The Richard Henry Deming Memorial includes a bronze portrait bust of Deming and an elaborately foliated bronze bench, also known as an exedra. The bust of Deming rests atop a pedestal set into the bench. A seemingly close likeness, the artist William…

The memorial begins with a small ramp at the far right of the structure. This ramp, located between short, equally distanced stone pillars, invites passersby to step off the brick pathway of Memorial Park and into the stone structure. Stepping across…

The Spirit of Youth is dedicated to Constance Witherby, who died at the age of sixteen. A bronze statue of a young woman stands in front of a large bronze rectangle. The woman is modeled in pseudo-Greek dress with a loose gown flowing over her body…

A crouching lion seems ready to pounce off its base with the back legs bent deeply. Made of a sandy-colored Westerly granite, the lion is carved with a full mane and large paws. His long tail extends backwards, draping the base.

The celebrated coronet player, Bowen R. Church, was the bandmaster for the Reeve’s American Band, based in Providence and who performed concerts in Roger Williams Park in the early 1900s. The sculptor Aristide Berto Cianfarani modeled a statue of…