This list of the tallest statues in the United States ranks free-standing statues based on their height from base to top. The list also includes novelty architecture.
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Statue | Height | Image | Sculptor
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Completed | Location | Coordinates | Materials | Notes | |
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Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) | 46 | 151 | ![]() | Frédéric Bartholdi | 1886 | Liberty Island, New York Harbor | 40.6892°N 74.0445°W / 40.6892; -74.0445 (Statue of Liberty (New York)) | copper sheet on metal armature | National Park Service, US Department of the Interior.[1] The interior framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel. |
Pegasus and Dragon | 33.5 | 110 | Mark Kara (designer) Stark Engineers[2] Strassacker Art Foundry[3] | 2014 | Gulfstream Park Racetrack and Casino, Hallandale Beach, Florida | 25.982155°N 80.140495°W / 25.982155; -80.140495 (Pegasus and the Dragon (Hallandale Beach, Florida)) | bronze and steel | Pegasus is 33.4 m (110 ft) in height. The dragon is 15.2 m (50 ft) in height Live webcam of the sculpture. | |
Our Lady of the Rockies | 27 | 88.6 | ![]() | Robert O'Bill (artist/creator) Laurien Eugene Riehl (designer) | 1985 | Butte, Montana | 46°0′1.7″N 112°26′46.58″W | concrete base; stainless steel statue | Stands upon a 1.5 m (5 ft) base Total monument height: 28.5 m (93.6 ft)[4] |
Metaphor: The Tree of Utah | 27 | 87 | see article | Karl Momen | 1986 | Bonneville Salt Flats, Western Utah | concrete | ||
Golden Driller[5] | 23 | 75 | ![]() | 1953 | Tulsa Expo Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma | 36.133638°N 95.931158°W / 36.133638; -95.931158 (Golden Driller (Tulsa, Oklahoma)) | cast concrete and plaster | ||
Sugar Land Quan Am | 21.94 | 72 | Mai Chi Kim[6] | 1998 | Chua Viet Nam, Sugar Land, Texas | 29.670853°N 95.617491°W / 29.670853; -95.617491 (Chua Viet Nam) | cast concrete | ||
Brachiosaurus Mother and Baby | 21.34 | 70 | ![]() | Gary Staab | 2009 | Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana | 39°48′39″N 86°9′27″W | fiberglass | |
United States Marine Corps War Memorial Iwo Jima Memorial | 20.7 | 68 | ![]() | Felix de Weldon | 1954 | Arlington Ridge Park, Arlington, Virginia | 38°53′25.7″N 77°04′10.85″W | bronze | Total monument height: 23.7 m (78 ft)[7] View with Washington, D.C. in the distance. |
Giraffe[8] | 20.6 | 67.6 | Bob Cassilly[9] | 1997 | Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas | 32°44′38″N 96°48′52″W | bronze and plexiglass | ||
A Tribute to Courage Sam Houston statue | 20.5 | 67 | see article | David Adickes | 1994 | Huntsville, Texas | 30°39′40″N 95°30′39″W | cast concrete | Stands upon a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal[10] |
Christ of the Ozarks[11] | 20 | 65.5 | ![]() | Emmet Sullivan | 1966 | Magnetic Mountain, Eureka Springs, Arkansas | 36°24′24.87″N 93°43′23.41″W | cast concrete | |
Lucy the Elephant | 19.7 | 65 | James V. Lafferty, designer | 1881 | Margate City, New Jersey | 39°19′14.33″N 74°30′42.85″W | wood, tin sheeting | Similar novelty buildings built at Coney Island, New York (Elephantine Colossus) and Cape May, New Jersey do not survive. NRHP listed. | |
Brontosaurus "Dinny the Dinosaur" | 19.7 | 65 | ![]() | Claude K. Bell | 1978 | Dinosaur Delights, Cabazon, California | 33°55′12.5″N 116°46′22.25″W | concrete over a steel frame | ![]() The roadside attraction also features a 13.7 m (45 ft) Tyrannosaurus Rex statue.[12] |
Skowhegan Indian | 18.9 | 62 | Bernard Langlais | 1969 | Skowhegan, Maine | 44.767792°N 69.719803°W / 44.767792; -69.719803 (Indian of Skowhegan) | wood, concrete base | Created for the 150th anniversary of Maine statehood Stands upon a 6.1 m (20 ft) base Total monument height: 25 m (82 ft)[13] | |
The Father of Texas Stephen Austin statue | 18.3 | 60 | David Adickes | 2009 | Angleton, Texas | 29.150535°N 95.449331°W / 29.150535; -95.449331 (The Father of Texas (Angleton, Texas)) | cast concrete | Stands upon a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal[14] | |
Vulcan | 17.1 | 56 | ![]() | Giuseppe Moretti | 1904 | Red Mountain, Birmingham, Alabama | 33°29′30.18″N 86°47′43.86″W | cast iron | ![]() Stands upon a 38.4 m (126 ft) tower. Total monument height: 55.5 m (182 ft)[15] |
Hiawatha | 15.8 | 52 | Gordon Displays | 1964 | Hiawatha Park, Ironwood, Michigan | 46.449709°N 90.162152°W / 46.449709; -90.162152 (Hiawatha Statue) | fiberglass | Stands upon a 0.8 m (2.5 ft) base Total monument height: 16.6 m (54.5 ft)[16] | |
Lux Mundi Light of the World | 15.8 | 52 | Tom Tsuchiya | 2012 | Solid Rock Church, Monroe, Ohio | 39°27′13.78″N 84°19′35.37″W | polymer, composite, steel | Replaced the statue King of Kings which was struck by lightning and destroyed in 2010.[17][18] | |
Dignity | 15.24 | 50 | 2016 | overlooking the Missouri River, near Chamberlain, South Dakota | 43°47′12.75″N 99°20′17.83″W | ||||
Jolly Green Giant | 15.2 | 50 | Creative Displays F.A.S.T. Corp. | 1979 | Blue Earth, Minnesota | 43°39′02″N 94°5′46″W | fiberglass | Stands upon a 1.7 m (5.5 ft) base Total monument height: 16.9 m (55.5 ft)[19] | |
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox | 15 | 49.2 | ![]() | Ward Berg | Bunyan 1961 Babe 1950 | Trees of Mystery, Klamath, California | 41°35′4.1″N 124°5′8.83″W | wood, chicken wire, stucco | Replaced a 1946 Bunyan statue by Ray & William Thompson.[20] Based on a model by Ann Cooper.[21] |
Black Hawk Statue The Eternal Indian | 14.6 | 48 | ![]() | Lorado Taft | 1911 | Lowden State Park, near Oregon, Illinois | 42°2′03″N 89°19′59″W | concrete | |
Hammering Man | 14.6 | 48 | Lippincott, Inc. | 1991 | Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington | 47°36′25.31″N 122°20′17.20″W | steel | [22] | |
Tex Randall | 14 | 47 | ![]() | Harry Wheeler | 1959 | Canyon, Texas | 34°59′5.29″N 101°55′46.99″W | cement and steel | [23] |
Atlas | 13.7 | 45 | Lee Lawrie | 1937 | Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City | 40°45′32.12″N 73°58′37.84″W | bronze, granite base | Stands upon a 2.7 m (9 ft) base. Total monument height: 16.4 m (54 ft) | |
The Keeper of the Plains | 13.4 | 44 | Blackbear Bosin | 1974 | Mid-America All-Indian Center, Wichita, Kansas | 37°41′29″N 97°20′59″W | Cor-Ten steel | Stands upon a 9.1 m (30 ft) rock promontory | |
Rocket Thrower | 12.95 | 42.5 | Donald De Lue | 1964 | Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City | 40.7474°N 73.8421°W / 40.7474; -73.8421 (Rocket Thrower) | bronze | Created for the 1964 New York World's Fair[24] | |
Athena Parthenos Athena of the Parthenon | 12.8 | 42 | ![]() | Alan LeQuire | 1990 | Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee | 36°08′59″N 86°48′49″W | composite of gypsum cement and fiberglass | Tallest indoor statue in United States. |
Muskellunge | 12.5 | 41 | ![]() | 1976 | National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, Hayward, Wisconsin | 46.0078°N 91.4797°W / 46.0078; -91.4797 (Muskie (Hayward, Wisconsin)) | fiberglass | The world's largest fiberglass sculpture. | |
Statue | Height | Image | Sculptor | Completed | Location | Coordinates | Materials | Notes | |
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m | ft | ||||||||
The Big Indian (Chief Passamaquoddy) | 12.2 | 40 | Rodman Shutt | 1969 | Conundrum Wine Bistro, 313 Yarmouth Road, Freeport, Maine | 43.817851°N 70.144675°W / 43.817851; -70.144675 (The Big Indian) | fiberglass | Stands upon a 2.7 m (9 ft) base Total monument height: 14.9 m (49 ft)[25] Nickname: "BFI" (Big Freeport Indian) | |
Victory | 11.58 | 38 | ![]() | George Brewster | 1893 | Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Indianapolis, Indiana | 39°46′6″N 86°9′29″W | bronze | Victory stands atop a 75 m (246 ft) tower. Total monument height: 86.56 m (284 ft)[26] Restored in 2011[27] |
Vision of Peace Indian God of Peace | 11.58 | 38 | ![]() | Carl Milles | 1936 | City Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota | 44°56′39″N 93°5′38″W | Mexican onyx | |
William Penn | 11.3 | 37 | ![]() | Alexander Milne Calder | 1894 | City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 39.95281°N 75.16352°W / 39.95281; -75.16352 (Philadelphia City Hall) | bronze | Stands atop a 155.75 m (511 ft) tower designed by John McArthur, Jr. ![]() |
Apatosaurus "Wall Drug Dinosaur" | 11.3 | 37 | Emmet Sullivan | 1968 | Wall Drug Store, Wall, South Dakota | 43.993231°N 102.241795°W / 43.993231; -102.241795 (Wall Drug) | concrete over an iron frame | The dinosaur statue is 24.4 m (80 ft) in length. | |
Portlandia | 11.25 | 36.9 | see article | Raymond Kaskey | 1985 | The Portland Building, Portland, Oregon | 45°30′56.7″N 122°40′44.5″W | bronze | ![]() |
National Monument to the Forefathers Central figure: Faith | 11 | 36 | ![]() | Faith: William Rimmer & [John D.?] Perry | 1907 | Pilgrim Memorial State Park, Plymouth, Massachusetts | 41°57′36″N 70°40′34″W | solid granite | Faith stands upon a 13.7 m (45 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 24.7 m (81 ft)[28] Other figures: Alexander Doyle, Carl Conrads & James H. Mahoney. Architect: Joseph Edward Billings |
Iron Man | 11 | 36 | see article | Jack E. Anderson | 1987 | Minnesota Discovery Center, Chisholm, Minnesota | 47.28876°N 92.53762°W / 47.28876; -92.53762 (Iron Man (Chisholm Minnesota)) | iron ore | Stands upon a 14 m (45 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 25 m (81 ft)[29] |
Madonna, Queen of the Universe | 10.7 | 35 | Arrigo Minerbi | 1954 | Don Orione Home, East Boston, Massachusetts | 42.389801°N 71.005604°W / 42.389801; -71.005604 | bronze and copper | Mounted on a gray granite block structure with a crown-shaped gold top.[30] | |
Paul Bunyan | 10.1 | 33 | ![]() | Dean Krotzer | 1985 | Paul Bunyan Historical Museum, Akeley, Minnesota | 47.003348°N 94.730593°W / 47.003348; -94.730593 (Paul Bunyan Statue) | fiberglass | Visitors can sit in Bunyan's right hand.[31] |
David (inspired by Michelangelo) | 10 | 32.8 | ![]() | Serkan Özkaya | 2011 | 21c Museum Hotel, 700 W. Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky | fiberglass | Stands upon a 5 m (16.4 ft) pedestal[32] Total monument height: 15 m (49.2 ft) | |
Blue Mustang | 9.8 | 32 | see article | Luis Jiménez | 2008 | Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado | 39.83414°N 104.67638°W / 39.83414; -104.67638 (Blue Mustang) | fiberglass | Killed its creator when its head fell on him and severed an artery in his leg. Locals have nicknamed the statue Blucifer.[33] |
Ceres | 9.4 | 31 | ![]() | John Storrs | 1930 | Chicago Board of Trade Building, Chicago, Illinois | 41°52′41.25″N 87°37′56.1″W | aluminum | ![]() |
Paul Bunyan | 9.4 | 31 | ![]() | J. Norman Martin | 1959 | Bass Park, Bangor, Maine | 44.788657°N 68.778337°W / 44.788657; -68.778337 (Paul Bunyan Statue) | fiberglass over a steel frame | Stands upon a 2.1 m (6.7 ft) base Total monument height: 11.5 m (37.7 ft)[34] |
Paul Bunyan | 9.4 | 31 | ![]() | Victor R. Nelson | 1959 | Portland, Oregon | 45.583829°N 122.686616°W / 45.583829; -122.686616 (Paul Bunyan Statue) | concrete over a steel frame | Created for the 1959 Oregon Centennial Exposition NRHP listed.[35] |
Bellerophon Taming Pegasus | 9.1 | 30 | Jacques Lipchitz | 1977 | Jerome Greene Hall, Columbia University, New York City | 40°48′25.34″N 73°57′38.09″W | bronze | ||
Martin Luther King, Jr. | 8.53 | 28 | Lei Yixin | 2011 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. | 38°53′10″N 77°2′39″W | granite | Carved into a 9.1 m (30 ft) block of granite.[36] | |
The Equestrian Don Juan de Oñate | 8.53 | 28 | John Sherrill Houser & Ethan Taliesin Houser | 2007 | El Paso International Airport, El Paso, Texas | 31°47′46.021″N 106°23′44.84″W | bronze | The Equestrian stands upon a 2.4 m (8 ft) base. Total monument height: 11 m (36 ft)[37] | |
Hermann Heights Monument | 8.2 | 27 | Alfonz Pelzer | 1897 | New Ulm, Minnesota | sheet copper over iron | Stands on a 21 m (70 ft) iron column encircled by a spiral staircase to the dome, which is supported by 10 iron columns and a Kasota stone base. | ||
Forever Marilyn (Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch) | 7.9 | 26 | see article | Seward Johnson | 2011 | The Sculpture Foundation, Hamilton, New Jersey | stainless steel, aluminum | Exhibited in Chicago, Illinois (2011–12) and Palm Springs, California (2012–14) | |
World's Largest Buffalo Monument | 7.9 | 26 | see article | Elmer Petersen | 1969 | Jamestown, North Dakota | cement | ||
Dancing Hog | 7.6 | 25 | Eugene Sargent | 2018 | Hogeye Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas | Installed at the border of Fayetteville and Farmington.[38] | |||
Hanuman Statue | 7.6 | 25 | 2020 | Hindu Temple of Delaware, Hockessin, Delaware | granite | The statue weighs 60,000 pounds and is nation's tallest statue of Hanuman, the Hindu god of strength and knowledge.[39] | |||
Civic Fame | 7.6 | 25 | ![]() | Adolph Alexander Weinman | 1914 | Manhattan Municipal Building, New York City | 40°42′46.67″N 74°0′14″W | gilded copper | ![]() There is disagreement as to whether the model for the statue was Audrey Munson or Julia “Dudie” Baird. |
Miss Pocahontas[40] | 7.6 | 25 | W. C. Ballard | 1956 | Pocahontas, Iowa | 42.732739°N 94.658478°W / 42.732739; -94.658478 (Miss Pocahontas) | steel, wood & fiberglass | ||
Johnny Kaw | 7.6 | 25 | William Stewart | 1966 | Manhattan, Kansas | 39°18′02″N 96°57′36″W | concrete over a steel frame | Stands upon a 0.25 m (0.75 ft) base Total monument height: 7.85 m (25.75 ft)[41] | |
Unconditional Surrender | 7.6 | 25 | see article | Seward Johnson | 2007 | San Diego, California | foam core with a urethane outer layer | ||
Behind the Walls | 7.5 | 24.5 | ![]() |
Jaume Plensa | 2018 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 42.275167°N 83.740472°W | polyester resin and marble dust | |
Orpheus Francis Scott Key Monument | 7.3 | 24 | ![]() | Charles Henry Niehaus | 1922 | Fort McHenry Baltimore, Maryland | 39°15′50.91″N 76°34′54.75″W | bronze | Commissioned in 1914 to commemorate the centennial of Key's writing of The Star-Spangled Banner. Stands upon a 4.6 m (15 ft) pedestal Total monument height: 11.9 m (39 ft)[42] |
Fountain of Time | 7.3 | 24 | ![]() | Lorado Taft | 1922 | Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois | 41°47′12.3″N 87°36′27.9″W | hollow-cast concrete over a steel frame | Total monument length: 38.7 m (127 ft) Father Time watching the parade of humanity |
Ad Astra (To the Stars) | 6.76 | 22.2 | ![]() | Richard Bergen | 2002 | Kansas State Capitol, Topeka, Kansas | 39°02′53″N 95°40′41″W | bronze | ![]() Stands atop the Capitol dome |
The American Volunteer "Old Simon" | 6.55 | 21.5 | ![]() | Carl Conrads George Keller (architect) | 1876 installed 1880 | Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland | 39°27′33″N 77°44′28″W | solid granite | ![]() Total monument height: 13.55 m (44.5 ft) Exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Tallest statue in the United States prior to 1886 completion of the Statue of Liberty.[44] |
Goddess of Victory and Peace | 6.4 | 21 | ![]() | Samuel Murray | 1910 | Pennsylvania State Memorial Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | 39.807588°N 77.235153°W / 39.807588; -77.235153 (The Pennsylvania State Memorial) | bronze | ![]() Total monument height: 33.5 m (110 ft) The goddess figure was cast from melted-down cannons.[45] |
Apotheosis of St. Louis | 6.1 | 20 | ![]() | Charles Henry Niehaus | 1903-06 | St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri | 38.63980°N 90.29409°W / 38.63980; -90.29409 (Apotheosis of St. Louis) | bronze | Niehaus modeled the statue in plaster for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. It was later cast in bronze by W. R. Hodges. Stands upon a 5.9 m (19.5 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 12 m (39.5 ft)[46] |
Columbia Triumphant USS Maine Quadriga | 6.1 | 20 | Attilio Piccirilli | 1913 | USS Maine National Monument, Columbus Circle, Central Park, New York City | 40.768242°N 73.981012°W / 40.768242; -73.981012 (USS Maine National Monument) | gilded bronze | Total monument height: 19.2 m (63 ft)[47] | |
Statue | Height | Image | Sculptor | Completed | Location | Coordinates | Materials | Notes | |
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m | ft | ||||||||
Statue of Freedom | 5.9 | 19.5 | ![]() | Thomas Crawford | 1862 | United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. | 38°53′24″N 77°0′32.4″W | bronze | |
The Virgin Mary |
5.8 |
19 |
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Giovanni Meli |
1865/1882 | University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN | 41°42' 8.2764″N 86°14′17.4516″W | gilded | ![]() |
Thomas Jefferson | 5.8 | 19 | ![]() | Rudulph Evans | 1943 | Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. | 38°52′53″N 77°2′13″W | bronze | Total monument height: 7.6 m (25 ft)[49] |
Jesus as Teacher | 5.6 | 18.5 | ![]() |
Ben Fortunado Marcune | 2016 | Center Valley, Pennsylvania | 40°32'23.8"N 75°22'28.4"W | bronze | Stands upon a 1.3 m (4 ft) pedestal
Total monument height 6.9 m (22.5 ft) |
Angel Moroni | 5.5 | 18 | ![]() | Avard Fairbanks | 1974 | Kensington, Maryland | 39.0138526°N 77.0663723°W / 39.0138526; -77.0663723 (Washing DC Temple) | gilded | Stands atop the Washington D.C. Temple of the LDS Church. |
Colorado Thatcher Memorial Fountain | 5.5 | 18 | ![]() | Lorado Taft | 1918 | City Park, Denver, Colorado | 39.74480°N 104.95685°W / 39.74480; -104.95685 (Thatcher Memorial Fountain) | bronze | Stands upon a 2.75 m (9 ft) pedestal. |
The Boilermaker | 5.5 | 18 | Jon Hair | 2005 | West Lafayette, Indiana | 40°26′05″N 86°55′02″W | Stands adjacent to Ross-Ade Stadium at Purdue University. | ||
Moses | 5.5 | 18 | ![]() | Joseph Turkalj | 1963 | Notre Dame, IN | 41°42′09″N 86°14′04″W | Known as 'First Down Moses' of 'Number #1 Moses'. | |
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox | 5.5 | 18 | Cyril M. Dickenson (Bunyan) Jim Payton (Babe) | Bunyan 1937 Babe 1939 | Bemidji, Minnesota | concrete and plaster | Bunyan stands upon a 0.4 m (1.5 ft) base. Total monument height: 5.9 m (19.5 ft)[50] | ||
Illustrious Brother George Washington | 5.26 | 17.25 | ![]() | Bryant Baker | 1950 | George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia | 38.80748°N 77.06598°W / 38.80748; -77.06598 (George Washington Masonic National Memorial) | bronze | Stands upon a 1.57 m (5.16 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 6.83 m (22.41 ft)[51] Dedicated by President Harry S. Truman, February 22, 1950 |
Equestrian Statue of General Ulysses S. Grant | 5.23 | 17.2 | Henry Shrady | 1924 | Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, west of United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. | 38°53′23.1″N 77°0′46.4″W | bronze | Stands upon a 6.86 (22.5 ft) pedestal Total monument height: 12.1 m (39.7 ft)[52] | |
Theodore Roosevelt | 5.2 | 17 | ![]() | Paul Manship | 1967 | Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial, Potomac River, Washington, D.C. | 38°53′50.74″N 77°3′50.19″W | bronze | Stands upon a 1.7 m (5.6 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 9.1 m (30 ft)[53] |
Pioneer Woman | 5.2 | 17 | ![]() | Bryant Baker | 1930 | Ponca City, Oklahoma | bronze on granite bass | The sculptor was chosen by the museum-going public following a touring exhibition of the 12 proposed models. | |
Air Force Honor Guard | 5.2 | 17 | Zenos Frudakis | 2006 | United States Air Force Memorial, Arlington, Virginia | 38.868649°N 77.066259°W / 38.868649; -77.066259 (US Air Force Memorial) | bronze | The three stainless steel spires represent the contrails of the Air Force Thunderbirds. The tallest of these is 82.3 m (270 ft).[54] | |
Lenin | 5 | 16 | see article | Emil Venkov | 1988 installed 1994 | Fremont, Seattle, Washington | 47.6514°N 122.3510°W / 47.6514; -122.3510 | bronze | [55] |
Saraswati | 4.9 | 16 | see article | multiple Balinese sculptors | 2013 | Washington, D.C. | 38.9103°N 77.045829°W / 38.9103; -77.045829 | unknown | [56] |
Superman | 4.87[57] | 16[57] | Unknown | 1993[58] | Metropolis, Illinois | 37.1460999°N 88.7355066°W / 37.1460999; -88.7355066 (Superman Statue) | bronze | ||
Wisconsin | 4.72 | 15.5 | ![]() | Daniel Chester French | 1913-1914 | Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin | 43°4′28″N 89°23′5″W | gold-gilded bronze | |
Equestrian Statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman Sherman Memorial | 4.72 | 15.5 | Augustus Saint Gaudens | 1903 | Grand Army Plaza, Central Park, New York City | 40.7645°N 73.9732°W / 40.7645; -73.9732 (Sherman Memorial) | gilded bronze | Stands upon a 2.7 m (8.8 ft) base Total monument height: 7.42 (24.3 ft) | |
The Sun Singer | 4.62 | 15.16 | Carl Milles | 1929 | Allerton Park, Monticello, IL | 39°59'39.1"N
88°40'04.4'W |
Bronze | The god Apollo with right foot on small tortoise. Milles sent Allerton the only full size replica of the 1926 Swedish commission in 1929. Allerton thought he was getting a garden sculpture. Many copies of the headless, armless castings of Sun Singer by Milles exist in museums worldwide | |
Diana of the Tower | 4.45 | 14.6 | ![]() | Augustus Saint Gaudens | 1893 | Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 39.966°N 75.181°W / 39.966; -75.181 (Philadelphia Museum of Art) | gilded copper | ![]() 92.66 m (304 ft) tower of Madison Square Garden, New York City. Removed when the building was demolished, 1925.[59] |
Commonwealth | 4.4 | 14.5 | ![]() | Roland Hinton Perry | 1905 | Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | 40.26435°N 76.88356°W / 40.26435; -76.88356 (Commonwealth) | gilded bronze | Stands atop the lantern of the Pennsylvania State Capitol dome |
Myles Standish Monument | 4.3 | 14 | ![]() | S.J. Kelly (designer) Stephano Brignoli and Luigi Limonetta (sculptors)[60] | 1898 | Myles Standish Monument State Reservation, Duxbury, Massachusetts | 42.013486°N 70.6872397°W / 42.013486; -70.6872397 (Myles Standish Monument (Duxbury, Massachusetts)) | granite | Stands upon a 31 m (102 ft) column designed by Alden Frink.[60] Total monument height: 35.35 m (116 ft)[61] Drone flight around Myles Standish Monument.[62] |
George Washington | 4.3 | 14 | ![]() | Lorado Taft | 1909 | University of Washington, Seattle, Washington | 47.6560736°N 122.3111274°W / 47.6560736; -122.3111274 (George Washington Statue) | bronze | Created for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Stands upon an 8.5 m (28 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 12.8 m (42 ft)[63] |
Gloria Victis | 4.3 | 14 | Frederick Ruckstull | 1909 | Salisbury, North Carolina | 35°40′06″N 80°28′16″W | bronze | Stands upon a 2.7 m (9 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 7 m (23 ft)[64] | |
Benjamin Franklin | 3.8 | 12.5 | ![]() | James Earle Fraser | 1938 | Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 39°57′29″N 75°10′25″W | marble | Total monument height: 7.3 m (20.9 ft)[65] The Institute's rotunda is a memorial to Franklin. |
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