Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Washington Admired by Mom and Child
1885 statue of George Washington atop a tall pedestal. At its base, a bronze mom gestures upward. Her little boy stares up at the tall Father of Our Country.
- Address:
- 899-821 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI
- Directions:
- West side of downtown, in the median of W. Wisconsin Ave., at its intersection with N. 9th St.
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The statue of George Washington was Milwaukee's first public monument. It was sculpted by artist Richard Henry Park in 1885, and restored in 2018.
[Ryan C., 09/28/2024]
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The statue was paid for by Elizabeth Plankinton, whose dad was a Milwaukee millionaire. The mother and child were added to the base of the statue at Plankinton's request. Park and Plankinton became engaged, but he later dumped her for a Minneapolis dancer. She never married.