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The Trojan Dog, a 300-pound sculpture of a giant dog (in the spirit of the Trojan Horse) made of foam and resin over a steel armature with automotive finish paint, was created in 2008 by artist Ann Glover as part of a citywide Roanoke, Virginia public-art initiative titled 'Larger than Life: The Everyday Made BIG.' It became a permanent piece in Historic Grandin Village in 2011, was relocated to sit outside the Raleigh Court Library in 2018 during construction, and now stands at Roanoke's Fire Station 7, atop a platform built from bricks salvaged from the original 1922 firehouse.
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Site-level location · 37.2624° N, 79.9661° W
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A freestanding outdoor sculpture at a public fire station; freely viewable at any time.
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Roanoke Fire Station 7, Roanoke, Virginia.
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