Across the street from Mahan Hall, at the end of Stribling Walk, the Macedonian Monument carries a white-painted wooden figurehead from a British frigate captured in the War of 1812. This white-painted wooden figurehead once topped the British frigate Macedonian, captured by Stephen Decatur and the American frigate United States in the opening days of the War of 1812. Also known as Alexander the Great and the Figurehead of Hans Macedonian, the sculpture dates to circa 1810 and came to the Academy in 1875.
You can see the carved bust of Alexander the Great, dressed in a shirt with ruffles at the neck and wearing a helmet with long plumes. The wooden sculpture, treated with epoxy resin, surmounts a square stone base whose front carries a bronze relief illustrating the capture of the Macedonian; beneath the figurehead another bronze relief depicts the engagement. Each side of the base is fitted with a curved stone bench and a green-painted cannon tube sits at each corner.
The monument measures 72 by 33 by 45 inches, and the carver remains unknown. Notice the bronze relief on the base, the paired stone benches, and the green cannon tubes guarding each corner.