Reservation 106, Virginia Ave. & 20th St., NW., Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 12, 2007. NRIS 07001059.
Part of Memorials in Washington, D.C. (NRIS 64500992).
1 contributing object.
The General Jose de San Martin Memorial is an equestrian statue memorial of Argentine general and independence leader José de San Martín in Washington, D.C., United States.
The memorial is located at Virginia Avenue and 20th Street N.W. in the Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., near the United States Department of State.
The memorial was sculpted by Augustin-Alexandre Dumont beginning in 1924. It is a replica of an original located at the Plaza San Martín in Buenos Aires. The memorial was a gift to the United States from Argentina and was dedicated on October 28, 1925. President Calvin Coolidge spoke at the dedication. It was rededicated on October 6, 1976.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117691543