Pioneer Memorial (Freeman Pioneer Memorial)
Located in front of the Children's Museum 200 S. Sixth Avenue
This is the oldest piece of public art in Tucson. It is a semicircular onyx seat with an Arizona marble back rest carved in relief. It was designed by Bernard Maybeck (1862-1957) and sculpted by Beniamino Buffano (1888-1970). Donated by Merrill Pingree Freeman, a Tucson banker, in 1920. Inscription on the Memorial: "To the memory of those pioneers of Arizona who have given their lives that we may live in peace and unafraid in this sunkist borderland."
Sources:
Guide to Public Art in Tucson. [Tucson, Ariz.] : Tucson/Pima Arts Council, c1987. Page15,
Arizona, the Grand Canyon State: a state guide. 4th completely rev. Ed. New York: Hastings House.1956, Page 259.