Administered by City of Fresno Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department 2326 Fresno Street, Room #101 Fresno California 93721
Located Fresno County Courthouse Park Van Ness & Tulare Fresno California
Date:
1914
Notes:
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CA2015, 1989.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
Monumental News, Nov. 1914, pg. 724.
Image on file.
(On lower left corner of relief, incised lettering:) HAIG/PATIGIAN/1914 (On front of base, incised lettering:) DR CHESTER ROWELL (On back of base, incised lettering:) ERECTED 1914/TO DR CHESTER ROWELL/GOOD PHYSICIAN GOOD/FRIEND GOOD CITIZEN/1844-1912 signed
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Summary:
A seated portrait of Dr. Chester Rowell with his proper right arm resting on the arm of a Victorian chair. His proper left arm rests in his lap. The sculpture is mounted on top of a square concrete base that is adorned on the front with a rectangular bronze relief depicting Dr. Rowell seated at the bedside of a sick patient.
