COD Employees Meeting - 10-3-2025

2025

Material: Bronze.


Cast in Oslo, Norway (Largest cast bronze statue since the Renaissance period).

The statue was commissioned in 1955 for an original cost of $58,000.
Originally dedicated in 1958.

Location
The Woodward Avenue entrance of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit, Michigan.

Dimensions

  • The statue sits on a 60-ton marble slab.
  • Backdrop: 36 by 45 foot Vermont marble backdrop.
  • Dimensions: 16-feet high, arm-span of 22 feet and weight of 9 tons.