Dianne-- you may be referring below to two large extant statues/monuments in the middle of West Wisconsin Ave. at about 10th St.-- that is, just west of Milwaukee's Central Library. There is a very nice old post card view (perhaps 100 years old) of both monuments at---> http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/gfmmke&CISOPTR=1 41&REC=7 Are these the monuments that you remembered? To the left is a tall column, perhaps a war monument, which many Milwaukee kids can probably identify. Then to the right is the Washington Monument designed (in the mid-1880s) by New York City sculptor Richard Hamilton Park (1832-1902) At least the latter was paid for fully by Lizzie Plankinton, heiress of meat packer John Plankinton (1820-1891). And this led to a sad (and somewhat famous) story, of which I have only a rough understanding. Lizzie thought she was set to marry Mr. Park, and her dad had a large stone mansion built for the newlyweds ca. 1887 at 1492 W. Wisconsin-- just to the southwest of a large Italianate house (at 1450 W. Wisconsin) built in 1858 for my great-great-grandfather, Elisha Eldred (1796-1860), a real estate developer. The Eldred house, razed about 1900, had been built on what was, in 1858, Eldred's 4 to 6 city block "rural" estate on the north side of Spring St.--later Grand Ave. and now W. Wisconsin Ave. Marquette U now occupies all this area. But to cut to the chase, soon after Lizzie's house was completed, Park reportedly deserted Lizzie for a Minneapolis dancer (others say he was also already married). Very distraught, Lizzie then rejected the 1492 W. Wisconsin mansion, which remained vacant for many years, though not razed (by Marquette U) until late October of 1980, despite much opposition by preservationists. In the old UVM postcard view I refer to above, the old extant Presbyterian & Episcopal churches are just to the left of the nice old streetcar. Today's I-43 mercifully swerves west to avoid these handsome churches More later on your interesting Milwaukee Cook Book (1894) info, when time permits .............John (in metro Chicago) _______________________________________________________ Subj: [WIMILWAU] Milwaukee memories Date: 1/25/2007 2:51:50 A.M. Central Standard Time From: dianne710@comcast.net To: wimilwau@rootsweb.com ........Question...I remember at least two huge statues...one (at least) was a man on a horse. It was either in the middle of an intersection or on a corner. Does anyone know what they were and where they were? ........dianne _______________________________________________________