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{{Infobox artwork
 | image  = [[Image:Governor Henry Horner Memorial Sculpture Front.jpg|200px]]
 | title  = Governor Horner State Memorial
 | artist = [[John David Brcin]]
 | year   = 1948
 | type   = Granite Monument
 | height_metric =
 | city   = [[Chicago]]
 | museum = Horner Park
 | italic title=no
}}

'''Governor Horner State Memorial''' is a granite monument dedicated to [[Henry Horner]], the thirtieth governor of [[Illinois]] who served from 1933 to 1940. The memorial stands in Horner Park in [[Chicago, Illinois]] at the corner of Montrose Avenue and California Avenue. It is maintained by the [[Illinois Historic Preservation Agency]] as a state historic site.  The monument was designed by [[John David Brcin]] in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/D078CCC6-7A69-45B3-ADA9-A5002DB4DDB7.cfm |title=Chicago Park District: Horner Park |access-date=2009-10-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060320094933/http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/D078CCC6-7A69-45B3-ADA9-A5002DB4DDB7.cfm |archive-date=2006-03-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It features reliefs representing Horner during his years as probate judge and as governor. The monument was originally located in [[Grant Park (Chicago)|Grant Park]] but was moved in 1956 to its present site at Horner Park when the fieldhouse was opened.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/D078CCC6-7A69-45B3-ADA9-A5002DB4DDB7.cfm |title=Chicago Park District: Horner Park |access-date=2009-10-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060320094933/http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/D078CCC6-7A69-45B3-ADA9-A5002DB4DDB7.cfm |archive-date=2006-03-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Image:Governor Henry Horner Memorial Sculpture Rear.jpg|thumb|Back side of Governor Horner State Memorial Monument]]

==See also==
* [[List of public art in Chicago]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/governor_horner.htm Governor Horner State Memorial]
*[https://archive.today/20060320094933/http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/D078CCC6-7A69-45B3-ADA9-A5002DB4DDB7.cfm Horner Park, Chicago Park District]

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[[Category:Illinois State Historic Sites]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Chicago]]
[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Chicago]]
[[Category:1948 sculptures]]
[[Category:Granite sculptures in Illinois]]
[[Category:1948 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:Governor of Illinois]]