Peggy
Collection: Houston Parks and Recreation Department (HPARD)
1927
Bronze on Granite
Location:
MacGregor Park, John Gutzon Borglum, Peggy, 1927
5225 Calhoun Rd
Houston, TX 77021
About the Artwork:
Peggy (1927)
by John Gutzon Borglum
This eight-foot-tall sculpture of a young woman in a dress, cast in bronze, carefully walking along a path, sculpted from a 28-ton piece of granite, is Peggy, the nickname for Elizabeth Stevens MacGregor from her husband Henry Frederick MacGregor, whom MacGregor Park is named after. After attending Houston's first public high school, Elizabeth studied at Sam Houston State Teacher's College and the New England Conservatory of Music. She had been teaching for one year when she married Henry in 1885. Completed in 1927 as a fountain, which hasn’t worked since 1971, and placed in Peggy’s Point Park, the sculpture features a young Elizabeth to signify “youth at the fountain of life” by sculptor John Gutzon Borglum. Borglum was commissioned by Mrs. MacGregor just as he began his presidential portraits on Mt. Rushmore. The sculpture’s right arm and the blue tiles that originally bordered its base went missing in 1974. In 1976, Gutzon's son, Lincoln, made a replacement arm that was installed in 1996. In 1996, the sculpture was moved a third time to its present location in MacGregor Park. There is a bronze plaque on the back of the granite with a loving dedication from Henry to Elizabeth.
Peggy (1927)
por John Gutzon Borglum
Peggy (1927)
by John Gutzon Borglum
This eight-foot-tall sculpture of a young woman in a dress, cast in bronze, carefully walking along a path, sculpted from a 28-ton piece of granite, is Peggy, the nickname for Elizabeth Stevens MacGregor from her husband Henry Frederick MacGregor, whom MacGregor Park is named after. After attending Houston's first public high school, Elizabeth studied at Sam Houston State Teacher's College and the New England Conservatory of Music. She had been teaching for one year when she married Henry in 1885. Completed in 1927 as a fountain, which hasn’t worked since 1971, and placed in Peggy’s Point Park, the sculpture features a young Elizabeth to signify “youth at the fountain of life” by sculptor John Gutzon Borglum. Borglum was commissioned by Mrs. MacGregor just as he began his presidential portraits on Mt. Rushmore. The sculpture’s right arm and the blue tiles that originally bordered its base went missing in 1974. In 1976, Gutzon's son, Lincoln, made a replacement arm that was installed in 1996. In 1996, the sculpture was moved a third time to its present location in MacGregor Park. There is a bronze plaque on the back of the granite with a loving dedication from Henry to Elizabeth.
Peggy (1927)
por John Gutzon Borglum
Esta escultura de ocho pies de alto de una mujer joven con un vestido, fundida en bronce, caminando cuidadosamente por un sendero, esculpida en una pieza de granito de 28 toneladas, es Peggy, el apodo de Elizabeth Stevens MacGregor de su esposo Henry Frederick MacGregor, de quien toma el nombre el Parque MacGregor. Despues de asistir a la primera escuela secundaria pública de Houston, Elizabeth estudió en el Sam Houston State Teacher's College y en el Conservatorio de Música de Nueva Inglaterra. Llevaba un año de ser maestra cuando se casó con Henry en 1885. Completada en 1927 como una fuente que no ha funcionado desde 1971 y ubicada en Peggy’s Point Park, la escultura presenta a una joven Elizabeth para significar “la juventud en la fuente de la vida” del escultor John Gutzon Borglum. Borglum fue encargado por la Sra. MacGregor justo cuando comenzaba sus retratos presidenciales en el Monte Rushmore. El brazo derecho de la escultura y los azulejos azules que originalmente bordeaban su base desaparecieron en 1974. En 1976, el hijo de Gutzon, Lincoln, fabricó un brazo de repuesto que se instaló en 1996. En 1996, la escultura fue mudado por tercera vez a su ubicación actual en el Parque MacGregor. Hay una placa de bronce en la parte posterior del granito con una dedicatoria cariñosa de Henry a Elizabeth.