A statue in Carrara marble of Benjamin Franklin by Jacques Jouvenal stands outside the Old Post Office Pavilion, at 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.

This article uses bare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot. (September 2022)

Statue of Benjamin Franklin
Artist	Jacques Jouvenal
Year	1889
Type	Carrara marble
Dimensions	240 cm (8 ft)
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Owner	National Park Service
Statue of Benjamin Franklin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′40″N 77°1′40″W
Area	less than one acre
Part of	American Revolution Statuary.
NRHP reference No.	78000256[1]
Added to NRHP	July 14, 1978[2]

A gift of Stilson Hutchins, a founder of The Washington Post,[3] it was dedicated on January 17, 1889, at 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. It was moved to its current site in 1980.

See also

• Benjamin Franklin in popular culture
• List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 6

References

External links

• Media related to Benjamin Franklin by Jacques Jouvenal (Washington, D.C.) at Wikimedia Commons

This public art article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e