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Bates, Katharine Lee Statue is a historic statue located at Main St in Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Built in 1987, designed by Carol R. Associates Johnson. It is part of a local historic district.
Historical Marker
Bates, Katharine Lee Statue
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About this site
Bates, Katharine Lee Statue is a historical marker in Falmouth, Barnstable County. It is one of 250 historical markers documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 41.5525, -70.6146 near Falmouth. The nearest cataloged historic site is World War I Memorial (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lumbert Building, Nickerson Brothers Store, and Bowman Building.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This statue on Main Street in Falmouth honors Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), the author and Wellesley College professor who was born in the town. Bates is best remembered for writing the lyrics to 'America the Beautiful,' first drafted after an 1893 visit to Pikes Peak in Colorado. She also published many books, poems, and works of social reform, and is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Falmouth.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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