A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 358
a (Egypt). Brimii, GisrJiichic dfi- (,rii-rhhchpn Kliiisthr. CLEOPATRAS NEEDLE. All obeliskwhich, having been brought originally from ujiperEgypt for the decoration of Alexandria, stoodnear the beach until 1879, when it was broughtto New York City. It now stands in CentralPark. The companion… … ~ a ■-■2 03— ■C C 0- ce C o c ^ ►-! -3 3 O 3 ». = •* ; c; 3j « — ^ as CLERESTORY years to the standing one only. Each of theobelisks is about 7U feet high, without thepedestal. Egyptian Obelisks, by Lieutenant CommanderHenry 1>. Gorringe, U.S.X.(theoiHcer wlio broughtthe obelisk tl N\-\v York).…
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