Dr. Abraham Coles

Washington Park

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The bust of Dr. Abraham Coles is made in bronze and is at the north apex of Washington Park.  Designed by J. Q. A. Ward, It commemorates a poet, physician and philanthropist.  A bronze tablet on the granite pedestal has the text of Dr. Coles's verses, "The Rock of Ages."  The base is a boulder with "Plymouth Rock" carved into the southern face.