CARDINAL GIBBONS, James: Statue north of Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C. by Leo Lentelli located in James M. Goode's Sixteenth Street area

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The James Cardinal Gibbons statue by Leo Lentelli is located north of Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., at 16th Street and Park Road NW. It depicts the Archbishop of Baltimore seated in a curule chair with symbolic bas-reliefs representing the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Erected in 1932 by the Knights of Columbus, the statue commemorates Cardinal Gibbons' leadership during a period when the Archdiocese included Washington, D.C. The monument is part of the Sixteenth Street area sculptures and is publicly accessible near several Metro stations.