Samuel Hahnemann Monument
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Samuel Hahnemann Monument
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| Location: | Scott Circle, at Massachusetts Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. |
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| Coordinates: | 38°54′26.12″N 77°2′8.61″W / 38.9072556°N 77.0357250°WCoordinates: 38°54′26.12″N 77°2′8.61″W / 38.9072556°N 77.0357250°W |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1900 |
| Architect: | Charles Henry Niehaus, Julius F. Harder |
| Architectural style: | Classical Revival |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
| MPS: | Memorials in Washington, D.C. |
| NRHP Reference#: | 07001055[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 11, 2007[2] |
Samuel Hahnemann Monument is a Northwest, Washington, D.C. monument, located in Scott Circle, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue.[3]
It consists of a stepped oval platform, a curved granite half-wall with benches, four bronze bas-relief panels, a central arch, and a larger-than-life bronze statue of Hahnemann within a half-domed niche decorated with a vividly-colored Art Nouveau mosaic. Julius F. Harder was the architect of the monument. The architectural carvings, bas-relief panels and central statue were sculpted by Charles Henry Niehaus.[4]
The sculpture was cast in 1896, and the monument was dedicated on June 21, 1900.
Inscription [edit]
The inscription reads:
FEC '96 Gorham MFG Co
Founders
(First left bronze relief:)
C H Niehaus
(Second left bronze relief:)
C.H. Niehaus 1896
(First right bronze relief:)
CH Niehaus 96
(Second right bronze relief:)
CH Niehaus/FEC (Above niche:)
HAHNEMANN
(Base of figure:)
SIMILIA
SIMILIBUS
CURENTUR
(Left side of figure:)
AUDE SAPERE
(Right side of figure:)
NON INUTILIS VIXI
(Below reliefs, right side:)
IN OMNIBUS CARITAS
(Below reliefs, left side:)
DIE MILDE MACHT IST GROSS
(Left end post:)
ERLANGEN
DESSAU
(Right end post:)
COETHEN
LEIPZIG
(Back of exedra, center panel:)
MCM
CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH SAMUEL HAHNEMANN
DOCTOR IN MEDICINE
HOFRATH
LEADER OF THE GREAT
MEDICAL REFORMATION
OF THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY
FOUNDER OF THE
HOMEOPATHIC SCHOOL
(Back of exedra, right panel:)
PARIS JULY 2 1843
(Back of exedra, left panel:)
MEISSEN APRIL 11, 1755
signed Founder's mark appears. [4]
References [edit]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ^ http://landmarkhunter.com/122015-samuel-hahnemann-monument/
- ^ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medtour/hahnemann.html
- ^ a b Save Outdoor Sculpture! (1993). "Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
External links [edit]
- http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001740.htm
- http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/samuel-hahnemann-monument/
- http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/89710846/
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