Elk on the Trail
- Details
Mohawk Trail
Florida
MA
USA 01247
06/17/1923
Eli Harvey, sculptor
The Elk On The Trail is a World War I memorial to Massachusetts Elks who died in World War I.
A 8' high bronze statue of an elk stands on a 3' high rough cut granite base behind a 4' high fenced in area. The elk holds his head high and has a full rack of antlers. The elk was cast at the Gorham Manufacturing Company of Providence, RI. Sculpted by Eli Harvey, the memorial was dedicated on June 17, 1923.
The plaque reads:
THE ELK ON THE TRAIL
IN MEMORY OF
THE BROTHERS OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS
ELKS ASSOCIATION
WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR
ERECTED BY THE ASSOCIATION
17TH JUNE 1923.
Single figure -- animal
base: approximately three feet high
1904
1923
Elks of Massachusetts
Association
6000
MA000471
Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder
Time capsule buried in ground nearby inscribed
Massachusetts Elks who died in the war
This is one of many casts of the sculpture created by Eli Harvey for the Elks in 1904. The owner of the Whitcomb Summit Inn donated the land for the sculpture.
