EUREKA SPRINGS: Historic register considers statue
Christ of the Ozarks gets look
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Lola Weems (middle) and her husband McKinley Weems (right) both of Eureka Springs enjoy the shade of an umbrella during the 40th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Christ of the Ozarks Statue Saturday morning at the grounds of The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs. Diane McClelland (far left) presented her father McKinley Weems with a miniature Christ of the Ozarks statue in recognition of his accomplishment in engineering the original statue (back left).
Photo by Amelia Phillips
The State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will decide Wednesday whether to nominate the world’s second-tallest statue of Jesus Christ to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Christ of the Ozarks statue, on Magnetic Mountain west of Eureka Springs, is 67 feet tall, second only to the 100-foot-tall Christ the Redeemer statue near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The arms of the Eureka Springs statue are spread 65feet wide, from fingertip to fingertip. The statue is made of 24 layers of white mortar on a steel frame and weighs more than 1,000 tons.
The statue was designed by Emmet Sullivan, an apprentice to Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of the Shrine of Democracy on Mount Rushmore.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 7 on 04/06/2010
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The giant Jesus is very beautiful! Yah for it being included on the register!
Posted by: newdesignschool
April 7, 2010 at 6:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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