List of public art in Baltimore

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This list of public art in Baltimore provides an introduction to public art which is accessible in an outdoor public space in Baltimore. Because the collection of public art is extensive and continues to grow, the list is incomplete. A fuller picture is available externally at:

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Selected artworks

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates
DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignationOwner / administratorNotes
GeorgeArmisteadStatue crop.jpg The Armistead Monument Fort McHenry

39°15′51.01″N76°34′55.80″W / 39.2641694°N 76.5821667°W / 39.2641694; -76.5821667 (short title)
1914 Edward Berge Bronze8 ft 4+12 in (2.553 m) × 4 ft (1.2 m) National Park Service [1]
Babe Ruth statue.jpg Babe's Dream Oriole Park at Camden Yards

39°17′5.81″N76°37′14.56″W / 39.2849472°N 76.6207111°W / 39.2849472; -76.6207111 (short title)
1998 Susan Luery Bronze16 ft (4.9 m) high Maryland Stadium Authority [2]
Balt Battle Monument 1a.jpg The Battle Monument Calvert and Fayette streets

39°17′26.96″N76°36′44.75″W / 39.2908222°N 76.6124306°W / 39.2908222; -76.6124306 (short title)
1825 Antonio Capellano
Architect: Maximilian Godefroy
Marble52 ft (16 m) high; figure height 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)City of Baltimore [3]
Billie Holiday Statue (1985; James Earl Reid, sculptor), Pennsylvania Avenue and W. Lafayette Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217 (26388909567).jpg Statue of Billie Holiday Pennsylvania and W. Lafayette avenues

39°18′04.3″N76°37′55.3″W / 39.301194°N 76.632028°W / 39.301194; -76.632028 (short title)
1985 James Earl Reid BronzeCity of Baltimore
Chris Colombo Druid Hill Park.JPG Columbus Monument Druid Hill Park, Jones Falls Trail

39°19′09.9″N76°38′30.8″W / 39.319417°N 76.641889°W / 39.319417; -76.641889 (short title)
1892 Achille Canessa Marble6 ft (1.8 m) × 34 in (860 mm) × 24 in (610 mm)City of Baltimore [4]
Christopher Columbus Monument Baltimore 27.jpg Christopher Columbus Little Italy, Columbus Piazza1984Mauro BigaraniMarble14 ft (4.3 m)City of Baltimore [5] Destroyed on July 4, 2020 by protesters toppling over the statue and dumping the remains into the Baltimore Harbor. [6]
Northeast Baltimore Walking Tour (29610351472).jpg Columbus Obelisk Harford Road & Walther Avenue, Herring Run Park

39°20′10.9″N76°34′28.3″W / 39.336361°N 76.574528°W / 39.336361; -76.574528 (short title)
1792Brick and stucco44 ft (13 m) × 6+34 in (170 mm) [7] City of BaltimoreCouncilman Ryan Dorsey introduce legislation to rename and rededicate the monument as The Police Violence Victims Monument. [8]
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument Baltimore 1910.jpg Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument Mount Royal Avenue and Lafayette Avenue1902–2017 Frederick Ruckstull BronzeCity of BaltimoreRemoved August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA

in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016). [9]

CSAWomen2008.jpg Confederate Women's Monument Charles Street and University Parkway

39°19′59.94″N76°37′6.11″W / 39.3333167°N 76.6183639°W / 39.3333167; -76.6183639 (short title)
1917–2017 J. Maxwell Miller Bronze115 in × 114 in × 98 in (2,920 mm × 2,900 mm × 2,490 mm)City of Baltimore [10] Removed August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA

in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016). [9]

EAPoeStatue.jpg Edgar Allan Poe Monument University of Baltimore Law Center Plaza

39°18′20.48″N76°37′2.27″W / 39.3056889°N 76.6172972°W / 39.3056889; -76.6172972 (short title)
1915 Moses Jacob Ezekiel Bronze5 ft (1.5 m) × 27 in (690 mm) × 45 in (1,100 mm)City of Baltimore [11]
FallswayFountain.jpg Fallsway Fountain Guilford Avenue and Biddle Street

39°18′11.95″N76°36′42.39″W / 39.3033194°N 76.6117750°W / 39.3033194; -76.6117750 (short title)
1915 Hans Schuler
Architect: Theodore Wells Pietsch
Marble30 ft × 24 ft × 44 ft (9.1 m × 7.3 m × 13.4 m)City of Baltimore [12]
Force statue, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD.jpg Force Mount Vernon Place, the Northeast corner of the Washington Monument

39°17′51.54″N76°36′54.9″W / 39.2976500°N 76.615250°W / 39.2976500; -76.615250 (Force (sculpture))
late 1850s Antoine-Louis Barye Bronze39 in × 28 in × 32 in (990 mm × 710 mm × 810 mm)City of Baltimore [13]
Key Monument with Flag.JPG Francis Scott Key Monument Eutaw Place & Lanvale Street

39°18′14″N76°37′34″W / 39.30388°N 76.62605°W / 39.30388; -76.62605 (F.S. Key Monument)
1911 Antonin Mercié Bronze, marble, and granite. Figure of Columbia appears to be gilt.Overall: approx. H. 40 ft (12 m)City of Baltimore [14]
George Peabody statue, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD.jpg George Peabody East garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′51.2″N76°36′54.14″W / 39.297556°N 76.6150389°W / 39.297556; -76.6150389 (short title)
1869 William Wetmore Story Bronze84 in × 40 in × 64 in (2,100 mm × 1,000 mm × 1,600 mm)City of Baltimore [15]
G Washington Druid Hill Bmore.JPG George Washington Druid Hill Park

39°19′03″N76°38′34″W / 39.3175°N 76.6428°W / 39.3175; -76.6428 (short title)
1857 Edward Sheffield Bartholomew Marble8 in × 3 in × 30 in (203 mm × 76 mm × 762 mm)City of Baltimore [16]
Hiker Monument in Baltimore MD.jpg The Hiker North Lakewood and East Fayette Streets

39°17′41″N76°34′46″W / 39.294602°N 76.579387°W / 39.294602; -76.579387 (Baltimore, Maryland)
1943 Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson BronzeCity of Baltimore [17]
John Eager Howard statue, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD.jpg The John Eager Howard Monument North garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′54.25″N76°36′56.58″W / 39.2984028°N 76.6157167°W / 39.2984028; -76.6157167 (short title)
1904 Emmanuel Fremiet 1824–1910Bronze12 ft × 4+12 ft × 9+12 ft (3.7 m × 1.4 m × 2.9 m)City of Baltimore [17]
Johns Hopkins Monument, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD - man.jpg Johns Hopkins Monument Charles and 33rd Streets

39°19′41″N76°37′4.65″W / 39.32806°N 76.6179583°W / 39.32806; -76.6179583 (short title)
1935 Hans Schuler
Architect: William Gordon Beecher
Bronze and marble70 in × 186 in × 53 in (1,800 mm × 4,700 mm × 1,300 mm)City of Baltimore [18]
Lafayette statue, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD.jpg Lafayette Monument South garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′49.92″N76°36′56.3″W / 39.2972000°N 76.615639°W / 39.2972000; -76.615639 (short title)
1924 Andrew O'Connor, Jr. Bronze16 ft × 8 ft × 16 ft (4.9 m × 2.4 m × 4.9 m)City of Baltimore [19]
Latrobe Statue Baltimore.JPG Latrobe Monument Broadway at Baltimore Street

39°17′30″N76°35′38″W / 39.29168°N 76.59386°W / 39.29168; -76.59386 (short title)
1914 Edward Berge
and J. Maxwell Miller
Bronze150 in × 9 in × 83+12 in (3,810 mm × 230 mm × 2,120 mm)City of Baltimore [20]
MarylandLineMonument.jpg Maryland Line Monument Mount Royal Plaza

39°18′20.26″N76°37′7.71″W / 39.3056278°N 76.6188083°W / 39.3056278; -76.6188083 (short title)
1901 Albert L. Van den Berghen
Architect: Hodges and Leach
Bronze60 ft 6 in (18.44 m) high; sculpture 11 ft (3.4 m) high approx.City of Baltimore [21]
Paul Dubois-Military courage.jpg Military Courage West garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′50.95″N76°37′0.45″W / 39.2974861°N 76.6167917°W / 39.2974861; -76.6167917 (Military Courage (DuBois))
1885 Paul DuBois Bronze70 in × 24 in × 32 in (1,780 mm × 610 mm × 810 mm)City of Baltimore [22]
Order statue, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD.jpg Order Mount Vernon Place, the Southeast corner of the Washington Monument

39°17′50.82″N76°36′54.91″W / 39.2974500°N 76.6152528°W / 39.2974500; -76.6152528 (Order (sculpture))
late 1850s Antoine-Louis Barye Bronze38 in × 27 in × 33 in (970 mm × 690 mm × 840 mm)City of Baltimore [23]
FortMcHenryOrpheus1.JPG Orpheus with the Awkward Foot Fort McHenry

39°15′51″N76°34′56″W / 39.26417°N 76.58222°W / 39.26417; -76.58222 (Orpheus with the Awkward Foot)
1922 Charles Henry Niehaus Bronze and marbleHeight: 39 feet (12 m) National Park Service
Peace statue, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD.jpg Peace Mount Vernon Place, the Southwest corner of the Washington Monument

39°17′50.66″N76°36′57.81″W / 39.2974056°N 76.6160583°W / 39.2974056; -76.6160583 (Peace (sculpture))
late 1850s Antoine-Louis Barye Bronze38 in × 26 in × 34 in (970 mm × 660 mm × 860 mm)City of Baltimore [24]
Pulaski-Szmurlo.jpg Pulaski Memorial Patterson Park at Linwood and Eastern Avenue

39°17′13.77″N76°34′37.47″W / 39.2871583°N 76.5770750°W / 39.2871583; -76.5770750 (Peace (sculpture))
1942 Hans Schuler Architect: A. C. RadziszewskiBronze, marble and brick129 in (3,300 mm) × 15 ft (4.6 m) × 26 in (660 mm)City of Baltimore [25]
Roger B. Taney statue, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD.jpg Roger B. Taney North garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′52.63″N76°36′56.47″W / 39.2979528°N 76.6156861°W / 39.2979528; -76.6156861 (short title)
1871, 1887 recast, 2017 removed William Henry Rinehart Bronze86 in × 47 in × 62 in (2,200 mm × 1,200 mm × 1,600 mm)City of Baltimore [26] Removed August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA

in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016). [9]

Barye statue, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD.jpg Seated Lion Mount Vernon Place, the Southwest corner of the Washington Monument

39°17′51.04″N76°36′58.28″W / 39.2975111°N 76.6161889°W / 39.2975111; -76.6161889 (Seated Lion (sculpture))
1847 duplicate Antoine-Louis Barye Bronze75 in × 38 in × 53 in (1,900 mm × 970 mm × 1,350 mm)City of Baltimore [27]
Severn Teackle Wallis statue, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD.jpg Severn Teackle Wallis East garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′51.33″N76°36′51.29″W / 39.2975917°N 76.6142472°W / 39.2975917; -76.6142472 (short title)
1903 Laurent-Honoré Marqueste Bronze94 in × 40 in × 30 in (2,390 mm × 1,020 mm × 760 mm)City of Baltimore [28]
Jackson and Lee Monument, Front.JPG Jackson and Lee Monument West slope of Wyman Park Dell along Art Museum Drive1948-2017 Laura Gardin Fraser BronzeCity of Baltimore [28] Removed August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA

in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016). [9]

UnionSoldiersSailorsdetail.jpg Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument Wyman Park, Charles and 29th streets

39°19′25.77″N76°37′4.30″W / 39.3238250°N 76.6178611°W / 39.3238250; -76.6178611 (short title)
1909 Adolph A. Weinman
Architect: Albert Randolph Ross
Bronze10 in × 102 in × 150 in (250 mm × 2,590 mm × 3,810 mm)City of Baltimore [29]
Wm Wallace Druid Hill 1893.JPG Wallace Monument Druid Hill Park, Lake Drive

39°19′02″N76°38′29″W / 39.3173°N 76.6413°W / 39.3173; -76.6413 (Wallace Monument))
1893 D. W. Stevenson Bronze16 ft × 6 ft × 4 ft (4.9 m × 1.8 m × 1.2 m); Base 14 ft × 12 ft × 11 ft (4.3 m × 3.7 m × 3.4 m)City of Baltimore [30]
War statue, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD.jpg War Mount Vernon Place, the Northwest corner of the Washington Monument

39°17′51.44″N76°36′57.87″W / 39.2976222°N 76.6160750°W / 39.2976222; -76.6160750 (War (sculpture))
late 1850s Antoine-Louis Barye Bronze40 in × 28 in × 36 in (1,020 mm × 710 mm × 910 mm)City of Baltimore [31]
Washington Monument, Baltimore, MD.jpg Washington Monument Mount Vernon Place

39°17′51″N76°36′56″W / 39.29750°N 76.61556°W / 39.29750; -76.61556 (short title)
1829 Enrico Causici
Architect: Robert Mills
Italian travertine.188 ft (57 m) high, sculpture 16 ft (4.9 m) high approx.City of Baltimore [32]

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<i>The Hiker</i> (Kitson) Statue by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson

The Hiker is a bronze statue created by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson. It commemorates the American soldiers who fought in the Spanish–American War, the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine–American War. The first version of it was made for the University of Minnesota in 1906, but at least 50 copies were made, and were erected widely across the United States.

<i>The Hiker</i> (Newman)

The Hiker is a statue created by Allen George Newman. Like Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson's statue of the same name, it was created to honor the American soldiers who took "long hikes in steaming jungles" during the Boxer Rebellion, the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War. Originally displayed in the New York building at the 1907 Jamestown Exposition, the statue was chosen by several camps of the United Spanish War Veterans to be erected as war memorials.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">American Revolution Statuary</span> Statuary in Washington D.C., United States

American Revolution Statuary is a group of fourteen statues in Washington, D.C., which honor men whose actions assisted the Thirteen Colonies in their fight against the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War. They are spread throughout the city, except for the four statues in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, that honor some of the foreign heroes from the war. Some of the statues are located in prominent places, while others are in small parks or stand alone in front of buildings. All of the statues are owned and maintained by the National Park Service, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. The statuary was collectively listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1978 and the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites the following year. In addition, most are also contributing properties to historic districts listed on the NRHP.

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