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The Dewey Arch was a
triumphal arch that stood from 1899 to 1900 at
Madison Square in
Manhattan,
New York
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. It was erected for a parade in honor of
Admiral
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George Dewey celebrating his victory at the
Battle of Manila Bay in the
Philippines in 1898.
History
Planning for the parade, scheduled for September 1899, began in the spring of that year. The architect
Charles R. Lamb
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Born and raised in New York City, he studied under William Sartain at the Art Students' League. He was a member of his father's firm, the J&R Lamb S ...
built support for a triumphal arch among his fellow members of the
National Sculpture Society. A committee of society members, including Lamb,
Karl Bitter,
Frederick W. Ruckstull,
John Quincy Adams Ward and
John De Witt Warner, submitted a proposal for an arch to the City of New York, which approved the plan in July 1899.
With only two months remaining before the parade, the committee decided to build the arch and its
colonnade out of
staff
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, a plaster-based material used previously for temporary buildings at several
World's Fairs. Modeled after the
Arch of Titus in
Rome, the Dewey Arch was decorated with the works of twenty-eight sculptors and topped by a large
quadriga (modeled by Ward) depicting four horses drawing a ship. The arch was illuminated at night with electric light bulbs.
After the parade on September 30, 1899, the arch began to deteriorate. An attempt to raise money to rebuild it in stone (as had been done for the
arch
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in
Washington Square Park) failed, owing to the growing unpopularity of the
Philippine War. The arch was demolished in 1900, and the larger sculptures sent to
Charleston
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for an exhibit, after which they were either destroyed or lost.
See also
* The separate
Victory Arch which was built in the same place in 1918 and torn down 1920
References
Notes
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External links
Bas-relief on Dewey Archby
Johannes Gelert
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Buildings and structures demolished in 1900
Demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan
Triumphal arches in the United States