1, Myrtle Street, Liverpool
Copy of a picture by Marsh, 23/11/1921 (Held at the Liverpool Record Office)
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Hugh Stowell Brown was a preacher and social reformer. His public lectures
and work among the poor brought him great renown. He was President of the
Baptist Union of Great Britain, President of the Liverpool Branch of the
Peace Society and Chairman of the Liverpool Seamen's Friendly Society. On
his death in 1886 a statue was raised outside his chapel facing the
Philharmonic Hall across Myrtle Street. When the chapel was demolished in
1954 the statue was moved to the southern end of Princes Avenue. Following
the Toxteth riots of 1981, it was removed for safe keeping leaving an empty
plinth. However the statue now lies broken and open to the elements
in Croxteth Hall stable yard. A campaign to restore and re-home the statue
is under way.
Sources: Liverpool Heritage Forum Liverpool Monuments Wikipedia Alan Maycock © 2008 Walk 002 | Home
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