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Detail of the Modjeska Statue
Statue of Madame Helena Modjeska, Polish patriot and actress, in Pearson Park, Anaheim, dedicated on Sept. 15, 1935. By artist Eugen Maier-Krieg. The oldest public art in Orange County.
Rear of the Modjeska Statue
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House The Modjeska Monteith Simkins house is significant for its association with the life and work of Modjeska Monteith Simkins, a leader in African American public health reform and the civil rights movement in South Carolina from 1931 to her death in 1992 and for its association with the civil rights movement. Although the property is over ninety years old, it achieved exceptional significance within the last fifty years as the home and work place of Simkins during the period of significance from 1932 to 1965. Throughout her career, Simkins used the house as a residence, lodging for civil rights associates, an office, and a meeting place. Guests of Simkins, including Thurgood Marshall, stayed in her house when hotels in the city were closed to African Americans. The house also became the target of a shooting by those opposed to the work of Simkins and other civil rights leaders. The house is a one-and-one-half-story, wood frame, vernacular dwelling with an L-shaped plan, side gabled roof, and a front porch. Although oral tradition indicates a date of construction as early as the 1850s, the house and the smaller similar structure behind it were probably built between 1895 and 1919. Listed in the National Register March 25, 1994.
Rear of the Modjeska Statue
Madame Modjeska as Mary, Queen of Scots
Modjeska Statue dedication
Modjeska Statue
Identification Plaque
Detail of the Modjeska Statue
Detail of the Modjeska Statue
Detail of the Modjeska Statue
See photo in original gallery.
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