as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1978. The addition of protected bike lanes between the BU Bridge and Packards Corner in 2020 resulted in a tripling of bikeshare usage along that segment. Statuary Starting at the Public Garden and going westward, the following statues can be seen on the mall: Alexander Hamilton, co-author of The Federalist Papers, sculpted by William Rimmer. The first statue placed on the mall. 1865. Statue of John Glover, (depicts John Glover, Revolutionary War soldier), sculpted by Martin Milmore. 1875. Bust of Patrick Collins, depicts Patrick Andrew Collins, the former mayor of Boston; sculpted by Henry Hudson Kitson and Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson. Moved in 1966 from its original siting at Charlesgate due to construction of the Bowker Overpass. The Vendome Memorial, which honors nine firefighters killed in the 1972 Hotel Vendome fire, sculpted by Theodore Clausen with landscape architect Peter White. 1997. William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist and journalist, sculpted by Owen Levi Warner. Samuel Eliot Morison, naval historian and writer, sculpted by Penelope Jencks. 1982. The Boston Women's Memorial, with statues of Abigail Adams, Lucy Stone, and Phillis Wheatley, sculpted by Meredith Bergmann. 2003. Domingo Sarmiento, former president of Argentina, sculpted by Yvette Compagnion. 1973. A gift of the Argentine government in 1913, the statue arrived in Boston sixty years later. Leif Ericson, first European discoverer of Newfoundland, sculpted by Anne Whitney. 1887. Commissioned by Eben Norton Horsford, the inventor of baking powder, this statue was originally sited at the Massachusetts Avenue end of this block, but was moved to Charlesgate in 1917. Whitney also created a monument to Leif situated on the shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee. Gallery References Further reading Comm. Ave Mall Statues: What's In A Name? Commonwealth Avenue Mall Committee, Commonwealth Avenue Mall: A Walking Tour, pamphlet. External links Boston University's Commonwealth Avenue Improvement Project Commomwealth Avenue Bridge Reconstruction (over Massachusetts Turnpike) Crossings of the Charles River Emerald Necklace Landmarks in Back Bay, Boston National Register of Historic Places in Boston Parks in Boston Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Streets in Boston U.S. Route 20