Statue of Dean Halsey - Missituk Campus

Formerly the site of a large ornate fountain. In 1906 a statue of Dean Halsey, former dean of the School of Medicine, was commissioned and erected two years later replacing the fountain. The statue was underwritten by the grateful citizens of New Jerusalem, who raised the statue in honor of Dean Halsey’s service to the town during the typhoid epidemic of 1905.
The statue is nine feet high and stands upon a carved Carrara marble pedestal seven feet tall. Halsey is portrayed standing, gazing down Church Street toward the symbolic gates of the campus.
An ornate garden surrounds the base of the statue, complete with benches and pigeons, and extends well into the Quad. The Statue Lawn is a popular place for students to while away idle hours, and many townsfolk hold weekend picnics here. Late on some afternoons, the Missituk Jazz Band gives impromptu recitals on the Lawn.

Type

Statue

Parent Location

Campus

Owning Organization

Missituk University