Cultural Gardens
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African American Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
unknown
1977
Colonial hero
marker
proposed
unknown
1977
Inventor
marker
proposed
unknown
1977
Olympic Champion
marker
proposed
Parker
1977
Founder, Labor Day
bust
proposed
unknown
1977
Wheatley Foundation
marker
proposed
unknown
1977
Poet, Playwright
marker
proposed
 
American Colonial Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Jirouch
1950
U.S. President
bust, bronze
missing
Jirouch
1948
Humorist, lecturer
bust, bronze?
missing
Jirouch
1939!
American Statesman
bust
missing
unknown
1909
Gettyburg Address
plaque, bronze
needs work
Jirouch
1935
Humorist, writer
bust, bronze
good (stored)
unknown
1940s?
Engraved stone marker
monument
needs work
Space Exploration
unknown
1976
TRW/NASA
monument
missing
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
American Legion Peace Gardens
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Peace Crypt Hering 1939 Woman's head bust, marble
Peace Tablet Jirouch 1936 Peace inscription Plaque, bronze missing
George Washington Jirouch 1943 First U.S. President bust, grey granite
 
British Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Mantell Sun Dial unknown Sun Dial
Medallion Jirouch 1957 Medallion, bronze
Shakespeare Jirouch 1915/54 Playwright Bust, bronze Original limestone bust by Molto and Rebeck
 
Chinese Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Confucius Ch'uah 1985 Philosopher statue, painted concrete
Female Lion unknown 1985 Guardian Figure statue, unpainted cast concrete
Male Lion unknown 1985 Guardian Figure statue, unpainted cast concrete
 
Czech Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Anton Dvorak Jirouch 1939 Composer bust, bronze
Bedrich Smetana Jirouch c. 1945 Composer bust, bronze or stone
Bozena Nemcova Jirouch c. 1945 Novelist bust, bronze missing
Dr. Miroslav Tyrs Jirouch c. 1945 Educator bust, bronze missing
Eagle Pylon Jirouch 1936/97 Memorial carved limestone
Frantisek Palacky Jirouch 1939 Historian, statesman bust, bronze Donated by Cleveland Catholic Clergy
Jan Amos Komensky Jirouch 1956 Educator statue, bronze
Jan E. Purkinje Jirouch c. 1945 Physiologist bust, bronze missing
Jendrich Baar Jirouch 1939 Priest, novelist bust, bronze
Karel Havlicek Jirouch 1939 Liberal publicist bust, bronze
Lion Pylon Jirouch 1938/97 Memorial carved limestone
Thomas G. Masaryk Jirouch 1961 Czech President Bust, plaster storage
Thomas G. Masaryk Jirouch 1961 Czech President 3/4 figure, bronze
 
Estonian Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Inscribed Shaft Van Duzer 1966 Symbolizes hope gold wooden flame atop poured concrete
 
Finnish Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Elias Lonnrot Poirier 1961 Doctor, Mythologist bust, plaster original storage (bronze missing)
Inscribed monument unknown 1958 A. Kivi's words monument
Jean Sibelius Porier 1961 Composer bust, plaster original storage(bronze missing)
Johan Ludvic Runeberg unknown 1964 Finnish National Poet bust, plaster original storage(bronze missing)
Johan Vilhelm Snellman unknown 1964 Statesman, philosopher bust, plaster original storage(bronze missing)
 
German Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
50th Anniversary Plaque unknown 1979 Commemoration Plaque missing
Alexander V. Humboldt unknown unknown Naturalist bust at German Central
Friedrich Jahn unknown 1931 Father, gynastics bust, bronze storage
Froebel Fountain 1932 Founder, kindergarten fountain originally in garden of Archbishop of Salzburg
Goethe-Schiller Rietschel 1907 Poets, authors bronze figures Moved from Wade Park in 1929
Gotthold Lessing unknown 1921 Dramatist bust, bronze missing
Heinrich Heine Isenstein 1931 Poet, critic bust, bronze storage
Johann Sebastian Bach unknown 1965 Composer bust, bronze storage
Ludwig van Beethoven unknown 1955 Composer [plaque] missing
 
Grecian Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Frieze (unrealized) n/a n/a Frieze n/a (bronze intended?) never realized
Doric Columns unknown unknown Parthenon replicas columns
Pericles unknown c1981 [Statesman] bust, bronze? missing
Pylon Monument unknown 1936 Cultural figures monument
 
Hebrew Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Achad Ha'am Biazys 1927 Cultural Zionist bas relief missing
Baruch Spinoza Klish 1927 Philosopher bas relief, bronze missing
Chaim Nachman Bialik Cooper 1954 Poet plaque missing
Emma Lazarus plaque Sinz 1949 Statue of Liberty poem plaque missing
Ernst Bloch Jirouch 1955 Composer, conductor plaque, bronze missing
Henrietta Szold plaque Samolar 1950 Founder, Hadassah plaque missing
Hexagonal fountain unknown 1926 Seven Pillars of Wisdom fountain pink marble fountain, columns missing
Max E. Meisel unknown unknown B'nai B'rith plaque, bronze missing
Milton B. Schweid Plaque unknown unknown plaque, bronze missing
Moses Maimonides Biazys 1927 Biblical scholar bas relief, bronze missing
Moses Mendelssohn Biazys 1927 Philosopher bas relief, bronze missing
Music monumnet Cramer 1937 Three musicians plaque missing
Poet's Tablets unknown inscriptions plaque missing
Rebecca Gratz plaque Cramer 1932 Educator bas relief, bronze missing
 
Hungarian Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Bela Bartok unknown 1975 Composer bust missing
Endre Ady Katay 1954 Poet Bust, bronze
Franz Liszt Tenkacs 1934? Composer, pianist bas relief
Imre Madach Finta 1950 Poet, dramatist Bust, bronze
Joseph Remenyi unknown 1956 Writer, poet Bas relief
 
India Garden
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
Irish Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Victor Herbert unknown 1952 Composer bust missing
 
Italian Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Famous Italians Tablet unknown 1935 Names of 100 Plaque, bronze missing
Giotto di Bondone unknown 1930? artist medallion
Giuseppe Verdi unknown 1930? Composer medallion
Guglielmo Marconi unknown 1930? Inventor medallion
Italian Culture Tablet unknown 1935 Two figures Plaque, bronze missing
Leonardo da Vinci unknown 1930? Artist medallion
Michaelangelo unknown 1930? Artist medallion
Petrarch unknown 1930? Poet medallion
Virgil unknown 1930 Roman poet bust, bronze missing
 
Lithuanian Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Dr. Jonas Basanavicius Jirouch 1956 Scholar, liberator Bust, sheet copper/plaster Replacement in 1956
Dr. Vincas Kudirka Zikaras 1956? Writer, poet Bust (fiberglass repl.) Original bronze buts erected by Kudirka Sociwty in 1938 (?)
Fountain of Biruta unknown unknown Symbolizes feminine virtue Fountain
Maciulis Maironis Palukaitis 1961/91 Poet, priest Bust, fiberglass repl.
Pillars of Gediminas unknown unknown Ancient symbol Monumnet
 
Polish Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Adam Mickiewicz unknown 1949 Poet Bust, plaster original storage
Bronze fountain Mazzolini 1953 Polish Arts Tribute Fountain missing
Frederic Chopin Dienes 1947 Composer Bust, plaster original storage
Henryk Sienkiewicz Mazzolini 1949 Novelist bust, bronze
Ignace Jan Paderewski Mazzolini 1947 Pianist, statesman bust, bronze missing
Maria Konopnicka unknown 1952 Children's poet bust, bronze missing
Maria Sklodowska Curie Jirouch 1949 Scientist bust, bronze missing
Nicholas Copernicus Jirouch 1996 Astronomer bust, grey granite replacement for orig.
 
Romanian Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
George Enescu Caragea 1970 Musician lifesize bronze
 
Rusin Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Alexander Duchnovich Jirouch 1952 Nationalist, priest bust
 
Scottish Garden
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
 
Slovak Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Rev. Jan Kollar Jirouch 1957 Lutheran poet bust, bronze (repl.) Orig. by Tenkacs
Rev. Stefan Furdek Tenkacs 1934 Priset, leader bust, bronze
 
Slovenian Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Bishop Frederick Baraga unknown 1935 Missionary in U.S. bust, bronze missing
General Meister unknown 2002? riter, poet, military leader Equestrian statue proposed
Ivan Cankar Mafko, Rudolf 1944 Poet bas relief, broze missing
Ivan Zorman unknown unknown bust, bronze missing
Petar Petrovic Njegos Jirouch 1936? Bishop, poet bust (repl.) missing
Simon Gregorcic unknown 1944 Priest, poet bas relief, bronze missing
 
Ukrainian Garden
Title
Artist
Date
Description
Type
Condition
Hetman Khmelnitsky Jirouch 1940? Kozak Army General bas relief missing
Ivan Franko Archipenko 1940 Nationalist poet bust, bronze storage
Ivan Franko Archipenko 2001 Nationalist, poet bust (repl.), fiberglass
Lesya Ukrainka Chereshniovsky 1961 Poet lifesize bronze
Mikhail Hruskhevsky Jirouch 1940? First president bas relief missing
Taras Schvchenko Archipenko 2001 Nationalist poet bust (repl.), fiberglass
Volodymyr the Great Archipenko 1940? First Chritian ruler bust, bronze missing
 
 

 

 

 

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