GC40PKA Poe on the Plaza (Traditional Cache) in Maryland, United States created by latyrx

This cache has been archived.

SirCrab: Unfortunately the owner did not respond to the previous note so this is being archived. Should the owner decide to repair/replace this and have it unarchived, it can be done as long as it still conforms to the guidelines.

Regards,
SirCrab
Volunteer Cache Reviewer

GC40PKA ▼

A cache by latyrx Message this owner

Hidden : 11/3/2012

Difficulty:

Terrain:

Size: Size: other (other)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

Should be a quick urban nano cache.
This was my first hide, so I'm hoping that the coordinates are spot-on. Buildings nearby so might not be super exact.
Out in the open on a college campus so use stealth

From http://www.eapoe.org/balt/poestat.htm

This wonderful statue of Poe was the last work of the great American sculptor Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel. It was commissioned in 1907 by the Women’s Literary Club of Baltimore. It was hoped that the statue would be ready by Poe’s centennial in 1909, but a series of problems prevented its completion until 1916 and World War I delayed its arrival in Baltimore until 1921. (Although born and raised in the United States, Sir Moses Ezekiel lived and worked in Rome, Italy. The original estimated expense for making the statue and casting it in bronze was $20,000. Sir Moses, however, had strong Southern sympathies, having been born in Richmond, Virginia and having fought with the confederates in the Civil War. He generously donated half of the cost himself. Fate was less kind, destroying the first model in a fire and the second in an earthquake. Sir Moses envisioned Poe seated in a classical chair, adorned with images of the muses of music and poetry. Poe’s head is tilted slightly to one side, with his left hand raised as he listens to ethereal music. The base was molded out of concrete. Inscriptions read: “Edgar Allan Poe; 19 January 1809; 7 October 1849; Dreaming Dreams; No Mortal; Ever Dared; To Dream Before” ; “To Thee; The Laurels Belong; Best Bard” ; “Whose Sweet Duty; Was But to Sing”; “Erected by; The Poe Memorial Association; Of Baltimore; And the Generosity; Of Mr. Orrin C. Painter.” The statue was dedicated in Wyman Park on October 20, 1921. Over the years, it suffered from neglect, vandalism and the effects of wind and rain, which eroded the inscriptions until they were virtually unreadable. Deciding that the park was too isolated a location for the statue, it was moved, under the recommendation of the E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore, to the plaza of the University of Baltimore’s Law School, where it now resides. In its new home, the Poe statue has been embraced as a sort of school mascot. Students have their pictures taken with the statue. A flower may often be found in the statue's lapel and, on special occasions, one hand holds a helium balloon.