Administered by City of Paterson Department of Public Works City Hall Plaza Paterson New Jersey 07510
Located City Hall Plaza Paterson New Jersey
Date:
1925. Dedicated Oct. 28, 1925
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(On proper right side of sculpture's bronze base:) Gaetano Federici, Sc 1925 (On proper left side of sculpture's bronze base:) Eagle Bronze Works Inc./Mt. Vernon, N.Y. (On front of base:) NATHAN BARNERT/PHILANTHROPIST/TWICE MAYOR OF/PATERSON (On back of base:) ERECTED BY/GRATEFUL CITIZENS OF/PATERSON/IN APPRECIATION OF/INNUMERABLE ACTS OF/CIVIC CHARITY/1925 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A standing portrait of Mayor Barnert with his proper left hand grasping the lapel of his jacket. Behind his proper right leg is a small draped table with a book on it. The sculpture rests atop a tall granite base.