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Campbell, David, Memorial (Portland, Oregon)
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| Object Name | Campbell, David, Memorial (Portland, Oregon)
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| View | East elevation, camera facing west |
| Alternate Name | Portland Firefighters' Memorial (Portland, Oregon)
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| Creator/Role | Avard Tennyson Fairbanks (artist, 1897-1987)
Paul Philippe Cret (architect, 1876-1945)
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| Creator | Fairbanks, Avard
Cret, Paul
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| Date | 1928
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| Decade | 1920-1929
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| City | Portland
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| County | Multnomah
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| State/Province | Oregon
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| Country | United States
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| Site Detail | 1800 West Burnside Street |
| Photograph Date | 2010
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| Cataloger | Edward H. Teague |
| Object Type | architecture
built works
views (visual works)
exterior views
sculpture (visual work)
outdoor sculpture
public sculpture (visual work)
outdoor sculpture
memorials
water features
fountains
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| Period/Style | Beaux Arts |
| Materials/Technique | limestone, slate, bronze |
| Signficance | National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2010) |
| Reference | Campbell, David, Memorial, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, http://boundless.uoregon.edu/u?/archpnw,20706 |
| Notes | The David Campbell Memorial was dedicated in 1928 in honor of Portland Fire Chief David Campbell who perished fighting a fire. A beloved citizen and admired firefighter and public official, Campbell served as the city's fire chief between 1893 and his death in 1917 and was widely credited with modernizing and professionalizing the City's Fire Department. Funded by a local trust, the memorial was created by nationally-recognized French-born master architect Paul Cret who created in Campbell's honor a distinct Beaux-Arts style monument, a popular style from 1900 through the 1920s. The design, suitably subdued yet grand, is constructed of limestone and consists of a fountain, pool, and a bronze sculpture on a triangular terrace lined with benches. The composition incorporates stylistic elements from Greek and Roman architecture, including pilasters, a pediment, scrolls, and an aegicranium (ram's head). Above the fountain is an architectural frame inset with a bronze bas-relief of Campbell sculpted by Avard Fairbanks, noted American sculptor of the first half of the twentieth century. Fairbanks taught sculpture at the University of Oregon in Eugene from 1920 to 1927 and was well-known for his realistic depictions of the human form and animals. |
| Metadata Notes | Description of this work is based initially on documentation supplied by the image provider. It is often the case with gift slides that very little information is provided. Review and updating of descriptive information by the collection cataloger is ongoing. |
| Digital Collection | Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon & the Pacific Northwest
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| Image Source | Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/ |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries |
| Copyright | This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image. |
| File Name | pna_21832.jpg |
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