Statue of John Plankinton
The John Plankinton statue is a six foot lifelike representation of the businessman and industrialist. It took the sculptor Richard Henry Park six months to make and was initially placed in the Plankinton House Hotel in downtown Milwaukee in 1892.- Work of art
- …is a sculpture
- …is inscribed with “John Plankinton 1820 – 1891”
- …stands 6 feet (1.8 metres) tall
- Description: Artwork by Richard Henry Park
- Also known as“John Plankinton”“John Plankinton statue”
- Established: March 28, 1892
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Statue of John Plankinton
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Latitude
43.03832° or 43° 2′ 18″ north
Longitude
-87.91212° or 87° 54′ 44″ west
Open location code
86MJ23QQ+85
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OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = artwork
OpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type = sculpture
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