Avard Tennyson Fairbanks was a 20th-century American sculptor. Over his eighty-year career, he sculpted over 100 public monuments and hundreds of artworks. Fairbanks is known for his religious-themed commissions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints including the Three Witnesses, Tragedy of Winter Quarters, and several Angel Moroni sculptures on spires of the church's temples. Additionally, Fairbanks sculpted over a dozen Abraham Lincoln-themed sculptures and busts among which the most well-known reside in the U.S. Supreme Court Building and Ford's Theatre Museum.
Fairbanks (ca. 1914)
Older brother, John Leo Fairbanks, and younger brother, Avard Tennyson Fairbanks, 1912 in New York City, while Avard was studying art
Three Witnesses Monument, by Avard Fairbanks
Bust of Roscoe Pound created by Fairbanks in 1981 for the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
Laie Hawaii Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located on the northeast shore of the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. The temple sits on a small hill, half a mile from the Pacific Ocean, in the town of Lāʻie, 35 miles (56 km) from Honolulu. Along with Brigham Young University–Hawaii and the Polynesian Cultural Center, the Laie Hawaii Temple plays an important role in the town of Lā'ie, with the Visitors' Center attracting more than 100,000 people annually.
Laie Hawaii Temple
The Laie Hawaii Temple in 1922, two years after it was dedicated.
View from the temple's descending pools looking towards Hale Laʻa Boulevard and the Pacific Ocean
Looking up towards the temple from the reflecting pool and Visitors' Center