Brookeville Angel

Sculptor Stefan Saal created the Brookeville Angel over a three-month period in 1994 from a white oak tree located on the east side of Georgia Avenue south of town. "Father Don" Donald Van Alstyne of the Marian Fathers Novitiate commissioned the sculpture for the Town of Brookeville's bicentennial celebration that year. The work represents Saal's depiction of the Archangel Gabriel and is dedicated to "All of God's Children." After unforeseen circumstances led to its removal from the original location, it was stored for several years in a local barn. In 1998, the Brookeville Town Commissioners recovered the sculpture from storage and moved it to its present site on the grounds of the Brookeville Academy, where Saal supervised the move and erection of the angel and constructed its base. The project was assisted by a memorial bequest from Francis McIntire. Saal also sculpted "Phoenix" in 1991 from a white oak tree in what is now Wheaton Regional Park.

Brookeville, Maryland · United States