Image: Waiting For The Train, Morgan Hill, California

Description: "Waiting For The Train". Life-size bronze sculpture by Morgan Hill artist Marlene Amerian, located at the Caltrain station in Morgan Hill, California, at Third and Depot Streets. The sculpture was commissioned about 2005 and unveiled on 29 April 2007. It depicts Hiram Morgan Hill, his wife Diana Helen Murphy, and their young daughter Dianne (or Diane). The bronze plaque at the base of the sculpture reads as follows: WAITING FOR THE TRAIN BY MARLENE AMERIAN UNVEILED AS PART OF CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS APRIL 29, 2007 THIS BRONZE SCULPTURE DEPICTS ONE OF MORGAN HILL'S EARLY FOUNDING FAMILIES, HIRAM MORGAN HILL, HIS WIFE DIANA AND THEIR DAUGHTER DIANE. IN 1898, WHEN THE FIRST SOUTHERN PACIFIC STATION WAS BUILT, MANY VISITORS WOULD REQUEST THE TRAIN STOP AT "MORGAN HILL'S RANCH", WHICH IS HOW MORGAN HILL GOT ITS NAME. THIS STATUE PROVIDES AN HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC LEGACY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. COMMISSIONED BY THE MORGAN HILL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MORGAN HILL CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE AND THE CITY OF MORGAN HILL. FUNDED BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (MTC) AND THE MORGAN HILL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Title: Waiting For The Train, Morgan Hill, California
Credit: Own work
Author: Hydrargyrum
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