WORK Record for Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial in Put-In-Bay, Ohio

 

Class[controlled]: • architecture  [ATT ID: 300263552] • american art [LCSH ID: sh85007537]

Work Type [link]: • memorial (monument) [ATT ID: 300006956] • historic monument [ATT ID: 300007031]

Title/Name: Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial Title Type: preferred

Creator Display: architect Joseph H. Freelander (American, 1870-1943); architect Alexander D. Seymour Jr.  (American, 1884-1957); for Perry’s Victory Centennial Commission (committee, 1911-1915)

Creator: Joseph H. Freelander (American, 1870-1943)

Creator: Alexander D. Seymour Jr.  (American, 1884-1957)

Creator: Perry’s Victory Centennial Commission (committee, 1911-1919)

Role [link]: architect [ID: 300024987] [link]: Freelander, Joseph H.  [KSU ID: 0001]

Role [link]: architect [ID: 300024987] [link]: Seymour Jr., Alexander D. [KSU ID: 0002]

Role [link]: commission [ID: 300025956] [link]: Perry’s Victory Centennial Commission [VIAF ID: 156534448]

Creation Date Display: designed 1910; constructed 1912-1915 [controlled]: Qualifier: design Earliest: 1910 Latest: 1910 | Qualifier: construction Earliest: 1912 Latest: 1915

Subject [links]: memorial (structure) [AAT ID: 300006956]  • Oliver Hazard Perry (Commodore of the United States Navy, 1785-1819) [VIAF ID: 8849268] • Doric (architectural style) [ID: 300020111] • War of 1812 (United States Navy History) [LCSD ID: sh85140933] • Battle of Lake Erie [LCSD ID: sh85044621] • Canada [TGN ID: 7005685] • United Kingdom [TGN ID: 7008591] • Lake Erie [TGN ID: 7026039] • South Bass Island [TGN ID: 1009220] • Put-In-Bay [TGN ID: 2601635]

Culture [link]: American [AAT ID: 300107956]

Current Location [link]: Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial (Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island, Ohio) [VIAF ID: 315530069]

Measurements: building: 107 m (height) (352 feet); column: 102.11 m (height) (335 feet) [controlled] Extent: building Value: 107 Unit: m Type: height | Extent: column Value: 102.11 Unit: m Type: height

Materials and Techniques: exterior: Massachusetts Milford pink granite; tripods: bronze; interior walls, ceiling, and stairs: ashlar granite; staircase: reinforced concrete;  rotunda walls: Indiana limestone; rotunda floor: Tennessee marble; urn cap: bronze

Extent: building Material [links]: • white  • granite • limestone • bronze • marble • concrete

Technique [links]: masonry

Inscriptions: The names of those killed or wounded during the Battle of Lake Erie, who were placed in a tomb under the memorial as their final resting place, as well as the ships involved, are inscribed on the walls of the rotunda.

Description: The design for the memorial was chosen by competition. The competition for the memorial was held just before the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, and the monument completed just after the centennial. It not only represents Commodore Perry’s victory over the British during the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, but also the lasting friendship between the United State, Great Britain, and Canada. The memorial is currently owned and operated by the United States National Park Service.

 

 

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