​Richard Ellis Monument

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Marker Text: In the spring of 1935, one year shy of a century since Ellis steered the Texas Declaration of Independence and the republic's Constitution through the parliamentary process, the Texas Legislature appropriated $15,000 for a statue in his honor. The public artwork, fashioned by New York sculptor Attillio Piccirilli, was unveiled at the Ellis County Courthouse in Waxahachie on Nov. 12, 1936 by Ellis' great-granddaughter, Marie Ellis of Dallas. Though no image had been found of Ellis, Piccirilli, with input from Centennial officials, chiseled the features of a youthful, high browed, clean shaven man perpetually demonstrating, as newspapers reported, an "attitude of defiance to oppression." (1936) 

Marker No: 7067

Centennial Era Statue

Geographic: 32.385292, -96.848015

Location: ​Courthouse Square on Main Street, Waxahachie