The Pagoda (also known as the World War I Memorial or World War I Monument)[1] is a memorial designed by architect and WWI veteran Slack Winburn (1895-1964),[2] installed in Salt Lake City's Memory Grove in the U.S. state of Utah. Along with the park's entry gates, the Pagoda was built c. 1925.[2] It was the park's first memorial using marble from Vermont, and the classical structure has eight Doric columns. The shaft and urn were added in 1932.[3]
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Location | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
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Designer | Slack Winburn |
Type | memorial |
Material | marble |
Completion date | c. 1925 |
Dedicated to | World War I casualties |
Winburn attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, after serving in France during WWI. This classical training influenced him to create Period Revival-style designs.[2]
References
edit- ^ "(WWI Monument), (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ a b c Huffaker, Kirk (2005). "Utah Architect Remembered: Slack Winburn". Utah Preservation. Vol. 9. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 6 Oct 2023.
- ^ http://www.slcdocs.com/Planning/HLC/2014/224.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links
edit- Media related to Pagoda (Memory Grove) at Wikimedia Commons
- Salt Lake City Public Lands Dept
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