Angelina Eberly - Austin, TX
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N 30° 16.116 W 097° 44.564
14R E 620936 N 3349218
Statue of Angelina Eberly, an inn keeper, firing a cannon.
Waymark Code: WMNYJW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2015
Views: 10
Sculpture depicts the historic night when Austin innkeeper Angelina Eberly lit a cannon on the corner of 6th and Congress Streets, putting a hole in the General Land Office and waking the townspeople who formed a posse to chase after the Texas Ranger who were escaping with the town archives.
TITLE: Angelina Eberly
ARTIST(S): Pat Oliphant
DATE: 2004
MEDIUM: Granite and limestone.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 67810014
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
612 N Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78701
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted
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