Harvey W. Scott (sculpture) Harvey W. Scott (sculpture) Harvey W. Scott, or simply Harvey Scott, is a 1933 bronze sculpture by Gutzon Borglum depicting American pioneer, newspaper editor and historian Harvey W. Scott, located at Mount Tabor Park in the Mount Tabor neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The statue is a bronze portrait of Harvey W. Scott, an American pioneer best known as the long-time editorialist of "The Oregonian", wearing a knee-length coat and with his right arm extended and pointing. It was designed by Gutzon Borglum (of Mount Rushmore fame), originally modeled in 1930, and dedicated in June 1933. Kunst Foundry served as the
Construction of Mount Rushmore at least there be two Republicans and at least one Democrat represented) because of Theodore Roosevelt's introduction of the National Park Service. Borglum's original design was a sculpture of each president intended to go down to their waists, but time constraints and funding only provided for their heads. Ivan Houser, father of John Sherrill Houser, was assistant sculptor to Gutzon Borglum during the early years of carving; he began working with Borglum shortly after the inception of the monument and was with Borglum for a total of seven years. When Houser left Gutzon to devote his talents to his own