Bureau Brothers Foundry was a foundry established by two French immigrants, Achille and Edouard Bureau, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in the 1870s. It was one of America's premier art foundries for many years, and cast works by some of the nation's leading sculptors.
In 1892, the foundry was located at the west corner of 21st Street and Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia. By 1913, it had moved to the southeast corner of 23rd and Westmoreland Streets in North Philadelphia.
In the late 20th century, the long-idled North Philadelphia building was used by a piano tuner to hold more than 200 pianos over two decades. In 2013, the building was taken over by Philadelphia Salvage, an architectural salvage company.
Works Title Image Artist Year Location Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner Major General George Henry Thomas John Quincy Adams Ward 1879 Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C. Bronze National Park ServiceMonument to the N.Y. Vols. 1071881Elmira, New YorkBronze The Silent Sentry1883Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBronze Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United StatesOrestes and Pylades (from original by Carl Johann Steinhäuser) 1884Oxford Street Entrance to Fairmount ParkBronzeThe Puritan (Springfield)1887Springfield, MassachusettsBronze Dickens and Little Nell Francis Edwin Elwell 1890 Clark Park, West Philadelphia Bronze City of Philadelphia42nd New York Infantry MemorialJohn J. Boyle1891Gettysburg, PennsylvaniaBronze General Ulysses S. Grant Daniel Chester French & Edward Clark Potter 1898 Kelly Drive Bronze 174 in City of PhiladelphiaAustin BlairEdward Clark Potter1898Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, MIBronze~20–25 ft tallMichigan LegislatureJohn L. Burns (b. 1871; likely related to the Bureau Brothers)1903Gettysburg, PennsylvaniaBronzeComing of the White Man1904Washington Park in Portland, OregonBronzeStatue of General WayneHenry Kirk Bush-Brown1907Valley Forge National Historical Park, PennsylvaniaBronze168 inches tallLincoln StatueW. Granville Hastings1918Greene County Courthouse, Jefferson, IowaBronzeLifesize Greene County, IowaThorfinn KarlsefniEinar Jónsson1920Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBronze88 inches tallNuns of the Battlefield1924Civil War Nurses Memorial, 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.BronzeLifesize
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119 Bureau Brothers works catalogued by the Smithsonian Institution 2013 photos of the North Philadelphia building