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The Sam Houston Monument is a bronze equestrian statue of General Sam Houston on his horse Saracen, by sculptor Enrico Cerrachio, set on a granite arch by Frank Teich at the Montrose and Main entrance to Hermann Park, Houston. It was unveiled in 1925.
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Sam Houston Monument Hermann Park
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General Sam Houston has pointed toward the San Jacinto battleground from the entrance of Hermann Park since 1925. The Houston Arts Foundation calls the bronze equestrian statue the most iconic work of civic art in Houston.
The monument stands in the traffic circle inside the park's entrance at Montrose and Main. According to the Houston Arts Foundation, the Women's Club of Houston commissioned sculptor Enrico Filiberto Cerrachio to create a monument honouring Houston as founder, first president and first governor of Texas. Hermann Park Conservancy credits the Women's City Club with funding it. The statue was unveiled on 16 August 1925.
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A bronze equestrian monument on a granite arch in a traffic circle inside the Hermann Park entrance.
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In the traffic circle inside the entrance to Hermann Park, at Montrose Boulevard and Main Street, Houston; the Houston Arts Foundation gives Hermann Drive Circle.
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