Adams Memorial

Webster St. and Rock Creek Church Rd., NW., Washington, District Of Columbia. County/parish: District of Columbia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 16, 1972. NRIS 72001420.

1 contributing object.

Also known as:

  • Grief
  • Peace of God

From Wikipedia:

Adams Memorial (Saint-Gaudens)

The Adams Memorial is a grave marker for Marian Hooper Adams and Henry Adams located in Section E of Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. The memorial features a cast bronze allegorical sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (which he called The Mystery of the Hereafter and The Peace of God that Passeth Understanding, but which was often called in the newspapers "Grief"). Saint-Gaudens' shrouded-figure statue is seated against a granite block which takes up one side of a hexagonal plaza, designed by architect Stanford White. Across from the statue is a stone bench for visitors. The whole is sheltered by a close screen of dense conifers.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117691923

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