The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THE STATUE OF LITTLE JAKE

THERE WAS AN IRON STATUE MADE OF JAKE SELIGMAN AFTER HE DIED
AND THIS STATUE STOOD FOR MANY YEARS ON TOP OF A BUILDING THAT
JAKE SELIGMAN HAD BUILT. THIS BUILDING WAS THE FIRST IRON FRAME
CONSTRUCTED BUILDING IN SAGINAW. HE WAS UP THERE FOR YEARS,
UNTIL 1942. THE STATUE BLEW DOWN IN A HIGH WIND THEN, AND WAS
USED FOR SCRAP METAL FOR THE WAR EFFORT..

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 04-02-1982