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Mystery Monday: sweeping statement

By Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 8:00am November 01 2021

Don’t bristle if you can’t get this one, even though it may be the last straw: where on campus can you find this carving?

Filed under Mystery Monday, stone carving

3 comments

  • Stewart Landefeld
    Stewart Landefeld, 1:27pm November 02 2021 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    Possibly a small broom closet just outside the main reading room in Sterling?

  • Mark Branch
    Mark Branch, 2:50pm November 02 2021 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    Stewart Landefeld, you are correct! There's another shield above the same door with a bucket and mop.

  • George Huthsteiner '74 TD
    George Huthsteiner '74 TD, 11:48pm November 03 2021 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    <> Sterling Memorial Library 1930 James Gamble Rogers. SML. High St. 120. <> Janitor's closet near entrance to Starr Reference Room. <> Lee Lawrie and Rene Chambellan are usually credited with the sculpture within SML. They must have had an army of stone cutters to help them carve all of the gargoyles and other decorations. I wonder if they also designed and executed the Executioner (so to speak) gargoyle in the Law School courtyard?

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