Statue of John Henninger Reagan facts for kids
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The statue in 2015
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| Artist | Pompeo Coppini |
| Year | 1933 |
| Medium | Bronze sculpture |
| Subject | John Henninger Reagan |
| Location | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Owner | University of Texas at Austin |
The John H. Reagan sculpture is an outdoor statue made by Pompeo Coppini. It shows John Henninger Reagan, an important American politician. This statue was ordered in 1919 by George W. Littlefield. It was meant to be part of the Littlefield Fountain at the University of Texas at Austin. The sculpture was placed on the university's South Mall in Austin, Texas in 1933. It stayed there until it was moved in 2017.
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About the John H. Reagan Statue
This bronze statue honors John Henninger Reagan. He was a well-known politician from Texas. The statue was created to remember his role in American history.
How the Statue Was Made
In 1919, a university leader named George W. Littlefield gave money for a special project. He wanted a "Memorial Gateway" built at the south entrance of the university. This gateway was to honor soldiers from the Confederate side of the Civil War.
Littlefield hired Pompeo Coppini, a sculptor from Italy who lived in San Antonio. Coppini was asked to design this monument. It was planned to include statues of important people from Texas and the American South.
From Gateway to Fountain
The memorial plan changed over time. It became the Littlefield Fountain. This fountain was then dedicated to students and alumni of the university. These were people who had died in the Great War, now called World War I.
In the 1920s, Coppini made bronze statues for this project. He sculpted John H. Reagan and five other famous people from Texas and the Confederacy. Littlefield had chosen these figures. Coppini first planned to place these statues around the fountain.
Where the Statues Were Placed
As the fountain was being built in the early 1930s, the university's architect, Paul Cret, made a new decision. He decided to place the six statues along the university's South Mall instead. The statues were put there in 1933. This was when the entire fountain complex was finished.
