Statue of Samuel Spencer


Samuel Spencer statue
Samuel Spencer statue (2015)
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33°47′16.4″N 84°23′2.2″W / 33.787889°N 84.383944°W / 33.787889; -84.383944
Location1200 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia
DesignerHenry Bacon
Daniel Chester French
FabricatorPiccirilli Brothers
Dedicated dateMay 21, 1910
Dedicated toSamuel Spencer

The Samuel Spencer statue is a public monument in Atlanta, Georgia. Dedicated in 1910, the monument was designed by Daniel Chester French, Henry Bacon, and the Piccirilli Brothers and honors Samuel Spencer, a railroad executive who died in 1906. The statue, initially located in front of Atlanta's Terminal Station, was moved several times over the next several decades and is today located in front of Norfolk Southern's headquarters in midtown Atlanta.