On the triangular plaza at the southeast corner of Congress and State Streets, in Portland's West End, sits the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Monument. The intersection built around the monument is known as Longfellow Square, and the southeast side of the plaza is occupied by One Longfellow Square. The figure before you is a bronze statue of Longfellow as seen late in his life, seated on a granite pedestal about 10 feet (3.0 m) high.
Carved tablets on two sides of the pedestal are decorated with swags and garlands that frame the name "LONGFELLOW," and above them runs a frieze band of anthemion and vines with a cornice over all. The bronze itself is about 7 feet (2.1 m) tall; he sits in a chair whose arms end in lion's heads, with a neat stack of books beneath. Longfellow wears an overcoat, a cape draped over his lap and one shoulder; one hand holds a manuscript, the other is propped.
Notice the granite pedestal, the lion-headed chair, and the streets and plaza that embrace this seated memorial.