List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 4

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This is a list of public art in Ward 4 of Washington, D.C.

This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

Most of the works mentioned are sculptures. When this is not the case (i.e. sound installation, for example) it is stated next to the title.

TitleArtistYearLocation/GPS CoordinatesMaterialDimensionsOwnerImage
Fort Stevens Monument and Marker J. Otto Schweizer 1920 Fort Stevens Metal & Stone Relief: approx. 18 × 24 × 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 57 × 37 × 41 in.Fort Stevens [1] LincolnUnderFireatFortStevensMarker.jpg
Faces Carved on Tree Trunks Carter Barron Amphitheatre Tree Trunk Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 3 in. × 5 ft. 7 in. × 7 ft. United States Department of the Interior [2]
Major Walter Reed Memorial Felix de Weldon 1966 Walter Reed Medical Center, Building 1 Bronze & Marble Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 15 ft. Pylon: approx. H. 25 ft. U.S. Army [3]
Penguin Fountain 1935 Walter Reed Medical Center Concrete Fountain: approx. H. 15 ft. W. 12 ft. Diam. 12 ft.; Basin: approx. H. 6 in. W. 50 ft. D. 3 ft. Diam. 50 ft. U.S. Army [4]
Tigers Alexander Phimister Proctor 1910 Piney Branch Bridge Bronze, Concrete & Stone 4 tigers. Each: approx. H. 4 ft. D. 124 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. × 4 ft. 6 in. × 12 ft.Department of Public Works [5] Piney Branch Bridge tiger DC.jpg
Thompson-Harding Monument Unknown1898 Rock Creek Cemetery – Section E 38°56′50.47″N77°0′39.77″W / 38.9473528°N 77.0110472°W / 38.9473528; -77.0110472 Marble & Granite Sculpture: approx. 156 × 90 × 90 in.; Base: approx. 90 × 90 × 90 in.Rock Creek Cemetery [6] Thompson-Harding Monument (1898) Control IAS DC000064 b.jpg
Hubbard Bell Grossman Pillot Memorial Unknown Rock Creek Cemetery – Section A – Lot 13 38°56′51.58″N77°0′40.2″W / 38.9476611°N 77.011167°W / 38.9476611; -77.011167 Marble & Granite Rock Creek Cemetery [7] Hubbard Bell Grossman Pillot Memorial Control IAS 78250071 Front.jpg
Force Memorial Jacques Jouvenal ca. 1868 Rock Creek Cemetery – Section B 38°56′55.67″N77°0′40.7″W / 38.9487972°N 77.011306°W / 38.9487972; -77.011306 Marble 16 ft h.Rock Creek Cemetery [8] Force Memorial by Jacques Jouvenal (1850s) Control IAS 78250061 (front).jpg
Johnson Memorial Unknown Rock Creek Cemetery – Section L Bronze & Granite Rock Creek Cemetery [9] Johnson Memorial by Jno. Williams (founder) Control IAS 78250064c.jpg
Houser Memorial Unknown Rock Creek Cemetery – Section I Granite Rock Creek Cemetery [10] Houser Memorial (ca. 1880) Control IAS 78250083 Front.jpg
Lenthall Monument Unknownca. 1809 Rock Creek Cemetery Sandstone Rock Creek Cemetery [11]
Edwin B. Hay Vinnie Ream 1906 Rock Creek Cemetery 38°56′56.03″N77°0′33.36″W / 38.9488972°N 77.0092667°W / 38.9488972; -77.0092667 Bronze Sculpture: approx. 2 ft. 5 in. × 1 ft. 9 in. × 1 ft. 3 in.Rock Creek Cemetery [12] Edwin B. Hay by Vinnie Ream (1906) Control IAS 88210009.jpg
Kauffman Monument William Ordway Partridge ca. 1906 Rock Creek Cemetery – Section B Bronze Rock Creek Cemetery [13] Kauffmann Memorial.jpg
Goff Memorial Jules Déchin 1922 Rock Creek Cemetery – Section L, Lot 139 Bronze & Granite Rock Creek Cemetery [14] Goff Memorial by Jules Dechin (1922) Control IAS 78250067 Front.jpg
Hardon Monument McMenamin 1893 Rock Creek Cemetery – Section I 38°56′54.84″N77°0′34.98″W / 38.9485667°N 77.0097167°W / 38.9485667; -77.0097167 Marble Rock Creek Cemetery [15] Hardon Memorial by McMenamin (1893) Control IAS 78250080.jpg
Sherwood Mausoleum Door 1928 Rock Creek Cemetery

38°56′48″N77°0′47″W / 38.94667°N 77.01306°W / 38.94667; -77.01306

Bronze Door: approx. 80 × 40½ × 4 in.Rock Creek Cemetery [16]
Frederick Keep Monument James Earle Fraser 1920 Rock Creek Cemetery – Section A 38°56′48.63″N77°0′42.32″W / 38.9468417°N 77.0117556°W / 38.9468417; -77.0117556 Bronze, Granite Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. × 5 in. 3 ft. 5 in. 1 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. 5 in. × 8 ft. 11 in. × 5 ft.Rock Creek Cemetery [17] Frederick Keep Monument by James Earle Frasher (1920) Control IAS 77003151.jpg
Hitt Memorial Laura Gardin Fraser 1931 Rock Creek Cemetery Bronze, Granite Overall: approx. 62 × 134 × 28 in. Center plaque: approx. 38 × 15 in.; Left plaque: approx. 25 × 15 in.; Right plaque: approx. 25 × 15 in.Rock Creek Cemetery [18]
Rabboni Gutzon Borglum 1909 Rock Creek Cemetery 38°56′54.1″N77°0′40.24″W / 38.948361°N 77.0111778°W / 38.948361; -77.0111778 Bronze, Granite Sculpture: approx. 75 × 37 × 37 in.; Base: approx. 88 × 74 × 16 in.Rock Creek Cemetery [19] Rabboni by Gutzon Borglum (1909) Control IAS 76005124.jpg
Adams Memorial Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1891 Rock Creek Cemetery – Section E

38°56′51″N77°0′42″W / 38.94750°N 77.01167°W / 38.94750; -77.01167

Bronze, Granite Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 10 in. × 3 ft. × 3 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 7 in. × 5 ft. × 3 ft. 10 in.Rock Creek Cemetery [20] Adams-memorial-SaintGaudens.jpg
Heurich Mausoleum Louis Amateis ca. 1895 Rock Creek Cemetery – Section 30

38°56′51″N77°0′42″W / 38.94750°N 77.01167°W / 38.94750; -77.01167

Bronze, Granite Each Caryatid: approx. 8 ft. × 3 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. 3 in.; Mausoleum: approx. 15 × 22 × 16 ft.Rock Creek Cemetery [21] Rock Creek Cemetery, grave marker.jpg
The Reverend Godfrey Schilling Frederick Charles Shrady 1955 Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery Bronze & Marble Sculpture: approx. 8 × 2 × 2 ft.; Base: approx. 4 × 3 × 3 ft.Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery [22] Reverend Godfrey Schilling 01.JPG
St. Michael John Joseph Earley ca. 1924 Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery Cast stone Approx. H. 4½ ft. × W. 2 ft.Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery [23] St. Michael (John Joseph Earley).JPG
St. Christopher John Joseph Earley ca. 1924 Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery Cast stone Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. × 40 in. × 40 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. × 48 in. × 48 in.Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery [24] Franciscan Monastery, Washington DC.jpg
St. Bernadette Mary E. Lynch 1958 Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery Marble Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft. × W. 2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 6 in. × W. 2 ft.Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery [25] St. Bernadette (Mary E. Lynch).JPG
St. Francis and the Turtle Doves Porfirio Rosignoli ca. 1924 Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery Bronze, Stone & Concrete Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. × 40 in. × 40 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. × 48 in. × 48 in.Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery [26] St. Francis and the Turtle Doves DC.JPG
St. Bernardine John Joseph Earley ca. 1924 Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery Cast stone Approx. H. 4½ ft. × W. 2 ft.Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery [27] St. Bernardine (John Joseph Earley).JPG
Stations of the Cross Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery [28] MtStSepulchreStationsOfTheCross.jpg
Together We Live, Together We Rise Jerome Meadows 2004 Elms Church Terrell Park

38°56′58″N77°1′46″W / 38.94944°N 77.02944°W / 38.94944; -77.02944

[29]

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  2. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Faces Carved on Tree Trunks (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  3. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Major Walter Reed Memorial (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  4. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Penguin Fountain (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  5. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Tigers (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  6. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Thompson-Harding Monument (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  7. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Hubbard Bell Grossman Pillot Memorial (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
  8. ↑ Michael Richman (1969). "Force Memorial (sculpture)". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. Smithsonian. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  9. ↑ Michael Richman (1969). "Johnson Memorial (sculpture)". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. Smithsonian. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  10. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Houser Memorial, (sculpture)". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture. Smithsonian. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  11. ↑ dcMemorials (2009). "LENTHALL Monument (ca. 1809) in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C." dcMemorials. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  12. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture (1993). "Edwin B. Hay (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  13. ↑ dcMemorials (1993). "KAUFFMAN monument (ca. 1906) in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. (sculpture)". dcMemorials. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  14. ↑ Michael Richman (2004). "Goff Memorial (sculpture)". Inventory of American Sculpture. Smithsonian. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  15. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Russell Memorial (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
  16. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Sherwood Mausoleum Door (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  17. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Frederick Keep Monument (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  18. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Hitt Memorial (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  19. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Rabboni (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  20. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "Adams Memorial (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
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  22. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "The Reverend Godfrey Schilling (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  23. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "St. Michael (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  24. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "St. Christopher (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  25. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "St. Bernadette(sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  26. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "St. Francis and the Turtle Doves (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  27. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculptures! (1993). "St. Bernardine (sculpture)". SOS!. Smithsonian. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
  28. ↑ dcMemorials (1993). "Franciscan Monastery: Stations of the Cross reliefs in Washington, D.C." dcMemorials. Retrieved June 9, 2010.[ dead link ]
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