Doctor John Witherspoon
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Doctor John Witherspoon
OR:
Doctor John Witherspoon on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

''Doctor John Witherspoon'' is a bronze sculpture by William Couper of
John Witherspoon John Witherspoon (February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, farmer, slaveholder, and a Founding Father of the United States. Witherspoon embraced the concepts of Scottish common sense real ...
, Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the
United States Declaration of Independence The United States Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen States of America, is the pronouncement and founding document adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at Pennsylvania State House ( ...
. It was dedicated May 20, 1909, by the
National Presbyterian Church The National Presbyterian Church is a Christian congregation of approximately 1,500 members of all ages from the greater metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. The mission statement of the church is "Leading People to Become Faithful Followers of J ...
, and relocated in 1966. It is located at
Connecticut Avenue Connecticut Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., and suburban Montgomery County, Maryland. It is one of the diagonal avenues radiating from the White House, and the segment south of Florida Avenue was on ...
and N Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
As part of
American Revolution Statuary American Revolution Statuary is a group of fourteen statues in Washington, D.C., listed with the National Register of Historic Places. The statues are scattered across Washington, mainly in squares and traffic circles, with four statues of Europea ...
in Washington, D.C., the statue is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
.


See also

* List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2


References


External links

* 1909 sculptures Witherspoon Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C. Dupont Circle Historic district contributing properties in Washington, D.C. Statues of U.S. Founding Fathers {{WashingtonDC-NRHP-stub