Weatherwax Triangle, corner of Simpson and Park Street – Hwy 101 North.
Carved Sandstone salvaged from Weatherwax High School 2002 fire |
By Adam Kuby
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Resurgence
Excerpt description from waymarking.com
The artwork was commissioned by the City of Aberdeen and the Grays Harbor Family Foundation, for the purpose of honoring the Weatherwax family, well-known as philanthropists and civic leaders in this area. The sculpture was constructed using architectural sandstone blocks that were once part of the façade of Aberdeen’s J.M. Weatherwax High School, which was built in 1909 and destroyed by fire in 2002.
Well-known Northwest artist Adam Kuby designed the artwork to work as a sculpture and also as a traffic barrier, integrating earthwork, landscaping and sculpture, with the sandstone blocks ingeniously placed to create the illusion of a large, cresting ocean wave, highlighted by four of the scroll-shaped sandstone blocks serving as the crest of a 64-foot long wave shape.