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The [[Leif Ericson]] monument is a bronze Viking sculpture set atop a granite boulder in Humboldt Park. Some believe Ericson to be the first European to discover [[North America]]. The Norwegian community of Chicago commissioned for his monument and was sculpted by the Norwegian artist Sigvald Asbjornsen.<ref>{{Cite web |
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Humboldt Park | |
 Humboldt Park pavilion, 1908 | |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
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| Built | 1870s-1920s |
| Added to NRHP | 1992 |
Humboldt Park is a 207-acre (0.84 km2) park located on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois at 1400 North Sacramento Avenue. It is a prominent part of the Humboldt Park community area.
The park was named for Alexander von Humboldt, a German naturalist. William Le Baron Jenney began developing the park in the 1870s, molding a flat prairie landscape into a "pleasure ground" with horse trails and a pair of lagoons. The park opened to the public in 1877, but landscape architects such as Jens Jensen made significant additions to the park over the next few decades. Between 1905 and 1920, Jensen connected the two lagoons with a river, planted a rose garden, and built a fieldhouse, boathouse, and music pavilion.[1]
The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[2] The boathouse pavilion was named a Chicago Landmark in 1996.[3]
Statues
Near the boathouse stands a ten-foot-tall monument of the park's namesake, Alexander von Humboldt. Sculpted by Felix Gorling and donated by Francis Dewes, the statue encompasses a globe, a twig in his right hand, a lizard atop a manuscript, and plants at his feet. These inclusions were to symbolize Humboldt's travels and role in establishing geophysics and physical geography sciences.[4]
At the east entrance to the park, a pair of bronze American bison face the gardens. The sculptor, Edward Kemeys, also known for the lions at the entrance of the Art Institute of Chicago, created the Bison for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.[4] The bronze reproductions of the Bison were created by Jules Bercham. They have been sitting in Humboldt Park's formal garden since 1915.[5]
The German American residents of Chicago commissioned to have a monument created of Fritz Reuter, a German novelist and political martyr.[6] The German American sculptor for this monument, Franz Engelsman had also originally created four relief plaques depicting Reuter's achievements that were placed at the base of the sculpture. However, they were stolen in the 1930's and never salvaged.[6]
The Leif Ericson monument is a bronze Viking sculpture set atop a granite boulder in Humboldt Park. Some believe Ericson to be the first European to discover North America. The Norwegian community of Chicago commissioned for his monument and was sculpted by the Norwegian artist Sigvald Asbjornsen.[7]
Notes
- ^ Scott Jacobs. "Humboldt Park". The Week Behind. June 4,2004. Retrieved on June 8, 2008.
- ^ National Register of Historical Places in Cook County, IL. Retrieved on June 8, 2008.
- ^ Humboldt Park Boathouse Pavilion. City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division (2003). Retrieved on June 8, 2008.
- ^ a b Graf, John (2000). Chicago's Parks. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 26–29. ISBN 0738507164.
- ^ "World's Fair Bison (in Humboldt Park)". Retrieved November 19, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dateformat=ignored (help) - ^ a b "Fritz Reuter Monument". Retrieved November 19, 2009.
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External links
- Humboldt Park entry from the Encyclopedia of Chicago
- Description of Humboldt Park at the Chicago Park District website
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