Lady Rainier
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 The statue in 2009 | |
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| 47°34′36.5″N 122°19′13.5″W / 47.576806°N 122.320417°W | |
| Location | 3100 Airport Way, Seattle, Washington, United States |
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| Type | Statue |
| Material | Bronzed |
| Height | 10 feet (3.0 m) |
| Completion date | 1903 |
Lady Rainier is a public sculpture in Seattle, Washington, United States. The work, consisting of a bronzed statue of a woman holding a glass, was commissioned by the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company (the producers of Rainier Beer) and created in Germany in 1903. It was designed as part of a fountain, with water overflowing from the cup, resembling beer foam. Upon completion, it was placed in a courtyard outside of their facilities in the city's Georgetown neighborhood. Over the next several years, it was relocated multiple times and is today located outside of a former Rainier brewery in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood. In 2005, activists in Georgetown proposed relocating the statue to Oxbow Park and restoring it as an active fountain. As of 2019[update], the relocation had not occurred.
The bronzed statue stands 10 feet (3.0 m) tall and depicts a woman with an outstretched arm holding a glass.[1][2] As a fountain, the water would have poured out from the cup, resembling beer foam spilling from a glass.[1] The statue currently stands near the north entrance of the old Rainier brewery in SoDo, near Interstate 5 at 3100 Airport Way.[3][4]
