Partridge, William Ordway

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Partridge, William Ordway
The photo associated with this profile is a bronze sculpture done about 1910 by artist William Ordway Partridge. Located in Woodbury Park in Bar Harbor, the commission honors Mr. Charles T. How.  Two other works of Partridge are located in Bar Harbor: "one at the Episcopal church in memory of Mr. Livingston and the other on the Gorham Mountain trail in honor of path maker Waldron Bates (he served as Chairman of the VIA Roads and Paths Committee until his untimely death). Other well know Maine residents he created busts for included Robert Peary, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Bar Harbor summer residents Joseph Pulitzer, Weir Mitchell and Henry Dimock. Mr. Partridge maintained a summer cottage in Bar Harbor on Wayman Lane called 'Douglas Fir.'"
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