Bureau Brothers Foundry

Bureau Bros foundry mark on the Civil War memorial in Elmira, New York

Bureau Brothers Foundry was a foundry established by two French immigrants, Achille and Edouard Bureau, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in the 1870s. It was one of America's premier art foundries for many years, and cast works by some of the nation's leading sculptors.

In 1892, the foundry was located at the west corner of 21st Street and Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia.[1] By 1913, it had moved to the southeast corner of 23rd and Westmoreland Streets in North Philadelphia.[2]

In the late 20th century, the long-idled North Philadelphia building was used by a piano tuner to hold more than 200 pianos over two decades. In 2013, the building was taken over by Philadelphia Salvage, an architectural salvage company.[3]

Works

Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner
Major General George Henry Thomas John Quincy Adams Ward 1879 Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C. Bronze 16 feet (4.9 m) National Park Service[4]
Monument to the N.Y. Vols. 107[5] 1881 Elmira, New York Bronze
The Silent Sentry Silent Sentry Achille Bureau 1883 Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bronze 7 feet (2.1 m) Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States[6]
Orestes and Pylades Herman Kirn (from original by Carl Johann Steinhäuser)[7] 1884 Oxford Street Entrance to Fairmount Park Bronze
The Puritan (Springfield) Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1887 Springfield, Massachusetts Bronze
Dickens and Little Nell Francis Edwin Elwell 1890 Clark Park, West Philadelphia 39°56′55″N 75°12′34″W / 39.94860°N 75.20944°W / 39.94860; -75.20944 (Dickens and Little Nell (Elwell)) Bronze City of Philadelphia
42nd New York Infantry Memorial John J. Boyle 1891 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Bronze
General Ulysses S. Grant (French) Daniel Chester French & Edward Clark Potter 1898 Kelly Drive 39°58′51″N 75°11′52″W / 39.98080°N 75.19787°W / 39.98080; -75.19787 (General Ulysses S. Grant (French)) Bronze 174 in City of Philadelphia[8][9][10]
John L. Burns Albert George Bureau (b. 1871; likely related to the Bureau Brothers) 1903 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Bronze
Coming of the White Man[11] Hermon Atkins MacNeil 1904 Washington Park in Portland, Oregon Bronze
Statue of General Wayne Henry Kirk Bush-Brown 1907 Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania Bronze 168 inches tall
Lincoln Statue W. Granville Hastings 1918 Greene County Courthouse, Jefferson, Iowa 42°00′56″N 94°22′27″W / 42.01542°N 94.37409°W / 42.01542; -94.37409 (Lincoln Statue (Jefferson, Iowa)) Bronze Lifesize Greene County, Iowa[12]
Thorfinn Karlsefni Einar Jónsson 1920 Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bronze 88 inches tall
Nuns of the Battlefield[13][14] Jerome Connor 1924 Civil War Nurses Memorial, 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 38°54′21″N 77°02′25″W / 38.90580°N 77.04024°W / 38.90580; -77.04024 (Civil War Nurses Memorial) Bronze Lifesize

Notes

  1. ^ "1892 advertisement". 1892. Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  2. ^ "1913 Bureau Brothers advertisement". 1913. Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  3. ^ Paynter, Kimberly (July 29, 2013). "Philadelphia Salvage company takes over foundry with 200 'orphan' pianos". Newsworks. Philadelphia. WHYY. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Major General George Henry Thomas, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  5. ^ "Civil War Monument - Elmira, NY". Waymarking. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  6. ^ ""Silent Sentry" historic Civil War memorial statue moved to Laurel Hill Cemetery". www.montgomerynews.com. The Review. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  7. ^ Pohlsander, Hans A. (1 January 2010). German Monuments in the Americas: Bonds Across the Atlantic. Peter Lang. p. 123. ISBN 9783034301381. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. ^ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Philadelphia Survey. "General Ulysses S. Grant, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  9. ^ "General Ulysses S. Grant Philadelphia —". Visitphilly.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  10. ^ "35. General Ulysses S. Grant (1897) - TOUR 3: Boathouse Row and Kelly Drive - brought to you by Juncanoo". Exhibit.juncanoo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  11. ^ "Washington Park, Portland, Oregon / History". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  12. ^ Rebecca Conard. "Lincoln Statue" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  13. ^ "Fieldguide to U.S. Public Monuments and Memorials :: Monument Detail". Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  14. ^ "Civil War Nurses Memorial (Nuns of the Battlefield) (ca. 1924) SE of DuPont Circle in Washington, D.C. by Jerome Connor located in James M. Goode's Connecticut Avenue area". Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
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