Category Archives: Architecture

Lincoln in Ohio’s Rotunda: ‘ … very much like the critter.’

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Bust of Abe Lincoln, part of the “Lincoln and Solders’ Monument” in the Ohio Statehouse Rotunda.

The Rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse features Abraham Lincoln atop Cincinnati sculptor Thomas Dow Jones’ “Lincoln and Solders’ Monument,” which also depicts the Confederate surrender at Vicksburg in marble relief.

Vicksburg held significance for Ohio in that it was a major Union victory, won under the direction of three Ohio generals – Gens. Ulysses S. Grant, William Sherman and James McPherson.

Jones completed the full sculpture in 1871.

The white Carara marble bust of Abraham Lincoln is one of only five statues that the 16th U.S. President sat for in his lifetime.

Jones asked Lincoln what he thought of the likeness. Lincoln replied, “I think it looks very much like the critter.”

 

In God’s Light – St. John Cantius Church

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Caught this angle in the choir loft

Caught this angle in the choir loft of St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland’s Historic Tremont Neighborhood.

Captured this view from the choir loft at St. John Cantius Church. I never really know what I’m going to get until I see my images on a computer screen. Every once in a while, something totally unexpected appears.

This is one of those times.

– TMulloy

Old Stone Winter

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Old Stone Church spire on Cleveland’s Public Square on a cold winter night. I was on my way home from a bartending shift at the Cleveland Convention Center. It was pretty late. Absolutely beautiful, still, downtown night. Gorgeous.

How could I not do some shooting?

 

– TMulloy