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James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue
The James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue is a public artwork by Leo Lentelli, located at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, 16th Street and Park Road Northwest, Washington, D.C..
The James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993. It was listed with the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Description.
It is a bronze figure of James Gibbons seated, wearing cardinals robes. In his proper left hand
Park
- Old Stone House
Administration Other small areas.
- Francis Asbury statue
- Guglielmo Marconi memorial
- James Cardinal Gibbons memorial
- Major General George B. McClellan statue
- Rabaut Park
- Peter Muhlenberg Memorial
- Robert Emmet statue
Demographic significance.
Although D.C.'s primary geographic metonyms for racial and class divisions are the city's quadrants ("i.e.", Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, and Southeast), Rock Creek Park also separates prominent neighborhoods such as Georgetown, Cathedral Heights and Spring