Statue of Benjamin Franklin, Bronze statue in Franklin County Government Center, Columbus, United States.
The twelve-foot-tall bronze statue portrays Benjamin Franklin wearing a cloak that reveals his colonial period clothing beneath inside a glass entrance pavilion.
The Franklin statue, completed in 1974, required extensive research by sculptor James Anderson, who studied existing Franklin monuments in Boston and Philadelphia.
The statue consists of eighteen bronze sections welded together using the lost-wax casting method, with the final casting process taking place in Pietrasanta, Italy.
The monument stands at coordinates 39°57′16″N and 83°00′00″W inside the Franklin County Government Center, north of the Franklin County Hall of Justice.
The sculptor constructed the figure using a steel framework covered in clay to ensure precise modeling before the final bronze casting.
Location: Columbus
Inception: 1974
Made from material: bronze
GPS coordinates: 39.95443,-82.99986
Latest update: March 9, 2025 00:19
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