List of the tallest statues in the United States

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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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Statues over 12.2 m (40 ft)

Statue HeightImageSculptor



CompletedLocationCoordinatesMaterialsNotes
mft
Statue of Liberty
(Liberty Enlightening the World)
46151
Statue of Liberty (13365028933).jpg
Frédéric Bartholdi 1886 Liberty Island, New York Harbor 40°41′21″N74°02′40″W / 40.6892°N 74.0445°W / 40.6892; -74.0445 (Statue of Liberty (New York)) copper sheet on metal armatureNational Park Service, US Department of the Interior. [1]
The interior framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel.
Pegasus and Dragon 33.5110
PEGASUS and DRAGON.jpg
Mark Kara (designer)
Stark Engineers [2]
Strassacker Art Foundry [3]
2014 Gulfstream Park Racetrack and Casino,
Hallandale Beach, Florida
25°58′56″N80°08′26″W / 25.982155°N 80.140495°W / 25.982155; -80.140495 (Pegasus and the Dragon (Hallandale Beach, Florida)) bronze and steelPegasus is 33.4 m (110 ft) in height.
The dragon is 15.2 m (50 ft) in height
Our Lady of the Rockies 2788.6
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Robert O'Bill (artist/creator) Laurien Eugene Riehl (designer)1985 Butte, Montana 46°0′1.7″N112°26′46.58″W / 46.000472°N 112.4462722°W / 46.000472; -112.4462722 (Our Lady of the Rockies (Butte, Montana)) concrete base; stainless steel statueStands upon a 1.5 m (5 ft) base
Total monument height: 28.5 m (93.6 ft) [4]
Metaphor: The Tree of Utah 2787see article Karl Momen1986 Bonneville Salt Flats,
Western Utah
40°44′00″N113°33′03″W / 40.73322°N 113.55086°W / 40.73322; -113.55086 concrete
Iron Man Statue:

The Emergence of Man Through Steel

2685Jack E. Anderson1987Chisholm, MN47°28'53'N

92°53'46'W

brass, copper, steel, iron oreMeasures 85ft tall, 26m from the base to the top of the helmet, the helmet is light with LED
Golden Driller [5] 2375
GoldenDriller.jpg
1953 Tulsa Expo Center,
Tulsa, Oklahoma
36°08′01″N95°55′52″W / 36.133638°N 95.931158°W / 36.133638; -95.931158 (Golden Driller (Tulsa, Oklahoma)) cast concrete and plaster
Sugar Land Quan Am 21.9472Mai Chi Kim [6] 1998Chua Viet Nam,
Sugar Land, Texas
29°40′15″N95°37′03″W / 29.670853°N 95.617491°W / 29.670853; -95.617491 (Chua Viet Nam) cast concrete
Brachiosaurus Mother and Baby21.3470 The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis Welcome Center.jpg Gary Staab2009 Children's Museum of Indianapolis,
Indianapolis, Indiana
39°48′39″N86°9′27″W / 39.81083°N 86.15750°W / 39.81083; -86.15750 (Children's Museum of Indianapolis) fiberglass
United States Marine Corps War Memorial
Iwo Jima Memorial
20.768 USMC-080812-M-4926H-004.jpg Felix de Weldon 1954 Arlington Ridge Park,
Arlington, Virginia
38°53′25.7″N77°04′10.85″W / 38.890472°N 77.0696806°W / 38.890472; -77.0696806 (Marine Corps War Memorial) bronze
Iwo Jima Memorial 5.JPG
Stands upon a 3 m (10 ft) base.
Total monument height: 23.7 m (78 ft) [7]

View with Washington, D.C. in the distance.
Giraffe [8] 20.667.6 Bob Cassilly [9] 1997 Dallas Zoo,
Dallas, Texas
32°44′38″N96°48′52″W / 32.74389°N 96.81444°W / 32.74389; -96.81444 (Dallas Zoo's giraffe statue (Dallas, Texas)) bronze and plexiglass
A Tribute to Courage
Sam Houston statue
20.567see article David Adickes1994 Huntsville, Texas 30°39′40″N95°30′39″W / 30.66111°N 95.51083°W / 30.66111; -95.51083 (Tribute to Courage (Huntsville, Texas)) cast concreteStands upon a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal [10]
Christ of the Ozarks [11] 2065.5
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Emmet Sullivan 1966Magnetic Mountain,
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
36°24′24.87″N93°43′23.41″W / 36.4069083°N 93.7231694°W / 36.4069083; -93.7231694 (Christ of the Ozarks (Eureka Springs, Arkansas)) cast concrete
Lucy the Elephant 19.765 Lucy2011.JPG James V. Lafferty, designer1881 Margate City, New Jersey 39°19′14.33″N74°30′42.85″W / 39.3206472°N 74.5119028°W / 39.3206472; -74.5119028 (Lucy the Elephant) wood, tin sheetingSimilar novelty buildings built at Coney Island, New York (Elephantine Colossus)
and Cape May, New Jersey do not survive.
NRHP listed.
Brontosaurus
"Dinny the Dinosaur"
19.765 Cabazon Dinosaurs, Dinny, 2014.jpg Claude K. Bell1978 Dinosaur Delights,
Cabazon, California
33°55′12.5″N116°46′22.25″W / 33.920139°N 116.7728472°W / 33.920139; -116.7728472 (Cabazon Dinosaurs) concrete over a steel frame
Cabazon Dinosaurs, Mr. Rex, 2014.jpg
The novelty building is 45.7 m (150 ft) in length.
The roadside attraction also features a 13.7 m (45 ft) Tyrannosaurus Rex statue. [12]
Skowhegan Indian18.962Bernard Langlais1969 Skowhegan, Maine 44°46′04″N69°43′11″W / 44.767792°N 69.719803°W / 44.767792; -69.719803 (Indian of Skowhegan) wood, concrete baseCreated 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
18.360David Adickes2009 Angleton, Texas 29°09′02″N95°26′58″W / 29.150535°N 95.449331°W / 29.150535; -95.449331 (The Father of Texas (Angleton, Texas)) cast concreteStands upon a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal [14]
Vulcan 17.156
Vulcan statue Birmingham AL 2008 snow retouched.jpg
Giuseppe Moretti 1904 Red Mountain,
Birmingham, Alabama
33°29′30.18″N86°47′43.86″W / 33.4917167°N 86.7955167°W / 33.4917167; -86.7955167 (Vulcan statue (Birmingham, Alabama)) cast iron
Vulcan statue.jpg
Created for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Stands upon a 38.4 m (126 ft) tower.
Total monument height: 55.5 m (182 ft) [15]
Hiawatha15.852
Hiawatha statue, Ironwood.JPG
Gordon Displays1964Hiawatha Park,
Ironwood, Michigan
46°26′59″N90°09′44″W / 46.449709°N 90.162152°W / 46.449709; -90.162152 (Hiawatha Statue) fiberglassStands 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
15.852 Tom Tsuchiya 2012Solid Rock Church,
Monroe, Ohio
39°27′13.78″N84°19′35.37″W / 39.4538278°N 84.3264917°W / 39.4538278; -84.3264917 (Lux Mundi (Solid Rock Church, Monroe, Ohio)) polymer, composite, steel Replaced the statue King of Kings which was struck by lightning and destroyed in 2010. [17] [18]
Dignity 15.24502016overlooking the Missouri River, near Chamberlain, South Dakota 43°47′12.75″N99°20′17.83″W / 43.7868750°N 99.3382861°W / 43.7868750; -99.3382861
Jolly Green Giant 15.250
JollyGreenGiantBlueEarthMN2006-05-20.JPG
Creative Displays
F.A.S.T. Corp.
1979 Blue Earth, Minnesota 43°39′02″N94°5′46″W / 43.65056°N 94.09611°W / 43.65056; -94.09611 (Jolly Green Giant statue (Blue Earth, Minnesota)) fiberglassStands 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 Ox1549.2 Paul Bunyan and Babe Klamath California.jpg Ward BergBunyan 1961
Babe 1950
Trees of Mystery,
Klamath, California
41°35′4.1″N124°5′8.83″W / 41.584472°N 124.0857861°W / 41.584472; -124.0857861 (Trees of Mystery) wood, chicken wire, stuccoReplaced a 1946 Bunyan statue by Ray & William Thompson. [20]
Based on a model by Ann Cooper. [21]
Tapomurti Shri Nilkanth Varni Murti
(A Journey Inspiring Simplicity)
14.9449
'Tapomurti Shri Nilkanth Varni'.jpg
BAPS 2021 Swaminarayan Akshardham, Robbinsville, New Jersey 40°15′16″N74°34′35″W / 40.25453351179542°N 74.57632951685069°W / 40.25453351179542; -74.57632951685069 (Tapomurti Shri Nilkanth Varni Murti (New Jersey)) BronzeThe bronze murti is 49 feet tall to commemorate the 49 years Bhagwan Swaminarayan lived on earth while affecting social and spiritual reform in India. [22]
The framework was designed by Saints and Volunteers of BAPS.
Black Hawk Statue
The Eternal Indian
14.648
BlackHawkStatue 003.jpg
Lorado Taft 1911 Lowden State Park,
near Oregon, Illinois
42°2′03″N89°19′59″W / 42.03417°N 89.33306°W / 42.03417; -89.33306 (Black Hawk Statue (Lowden State Park near Oregon, Illinois)) concrete
Hammering Man 14.648Lippincott, Inc.1991 Seattle Art Museum,
Seattle, Washington
47°36′25.31″N122°20′17.20″W / 47.6070306°N 122.3381111°W / 47.6070306; -122.3381111 steel [23]
Tex Randall 1447
Tex Randall Statue, Canyon, Texas.jpg
Harry Wheeler1959 Canyon, Texas 34°59′5.29″N101°55′46.99″W / 34.9848028°N 101.9297194°W / 34.9848028; -101.9297194 cement and steel [24]
Atlas 13.745
New York City, May 2014 - 033.JPG
Lee Lawrie 1937 Rockefeller Center,
Manhattan, New York City
40°45′32.12″N73°58′37.84″W / 40.7589222°N 73.9771778°W / 40.7589222; -73.9771778 (Atlas (statue)) 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 13.444 Blackbear Bosin 1974 Mid-America All-Indian Center,
Wichita, Kansas
37°41′29″N97°20′59″W / 37.69139°N 97.34972°W / 37.69139; -97.34972 (The Keeper of the Plains (Wichita, Kansas)) Cor-Ten steel Stands upon a 9.1 m (30 ft) rock promontory
Rocket Thrower 12.9542.5 FLMeCoPark8023 crop.JPG Donald De Lue 1964 Flushing Meadows–Corona Park,
Queens, New York City
40°44′51″N73°50′32″W / 40.7474°N 73.8421°W / 40.7474; -73.8421 (Rocket Thrower) bronzeCreated for the 1964 New York World's Fair [25]
Athena Parthenos
Athena of the Parthenon
12.842
Athena Parthenos LeQuire.jpg
Alan LeQuire 1990 Parthenon,
Nashville, Tennessee
36°08′59″N86°48′49″W / 36.14972°N 86.81361°W / 36.14972; -86.81361 (Athena_Parthenos (Nashville, Tennessee)) composite of gypsum cement and fiberglassTallest indoor statue in United States.
Muskellunge 12.541
HaywardMuskie-061-050507.jpg
1976 National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame,
Hayward, Wisconsin
46°00′28″N91°28′47″W / 46.0078°N 91.4797°W / 46.0078; -91.4797 (Muskie (Hayward, Wisconsin)) fiberglassThe world's largest fiberglass sculpture.

Statues between 6.1 and 12.2 m (20 and 40 ft)

StatueHeightImageSculptorCompletedLocationCoordinatesMaterialsNotes
mft
The Big Indian
(Chief Passamaquoddy)
12.240
Chief Passamaquoddy statue at Gasco Bay Trading Post, Route 1, Freeport, Maine LCCN2017704155.tif
Rodman Shutt1969313 U.S. Route 1,
Freeport, Maine
43°49′04″N70°08′41″W / 43.817851°N 70.144675°W / 43.817851; -70.144675 (The Big Indian) fiberglassStands upon a 2.7 m (9 ft) base
Total monument height: 14.9 m (49 ft) [26]
Nickname: "BFI" (Big Freeport Indian)
Victory11.5838
Soldiers Sailors Mon IN 1898.jpg
George Brewster 1893 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument,
Indianapolis, Indiana
39°46′6″N86°9′29″W / 39.76833°N 86.15806°W / 39.76833; -86.15806 (Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Indiana)) bronzeVictory stands atop a 75 m (246 ft) tower.
Total monument height: 86.56 m (284 ft) [27]
Restored in 2011 [28]
Vision of Peace
Indian God of Peace
11.5838
Milles Godofpeace.jpg
Carl Milles 1936 City Hall,
St. Paul, Minnesota
44°56′39″N93°5′38″W / 44.94417°N 93.09389°W / 44.94417; -93.09389 (Vision of Peace (Indian God of Peace)) Mexican onyx
William Penn 11.337 PH(1897) p11 STATUE OF WILLIAM PENN.jpg Alexander Milne Calder 1894 City Hall,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
39°57′10″N75°09′49″W / 39.95281°N 75.16352°W / 39.95281; -75.16352 (Philadelphia City Hall) bronzeStands atop a 155.75 m (511 ft) tower designed by John McArthur Jr.
2013 Philadelphia City Hall from S. Broad Street at Locust Street.jpg
Apatosaurus
"Wall Drug Dinosaur"
11.337 Wall Drug Dinosaur.JPG Emmet Sullivan1968 Wall Drug Store,
Wall, South Dakota
43°59′36″N102°14′30″W / 43.993231°N 102.241795°W / 43.993231; -102.241795 (Wall Drug) concrete over an iron frameThe dinosaur statue is 24.4 m (80 ft) in length.
Portlandia 11.2536.9see article Raymond Kaskey 1985The Portland Building,
Portland, Oregon
45°30′56.7″N122°40′44.5″W / 45.515750°N 122.679028°W / 45.515750; -122.679028 (Portlandia (statue)) hammered copper
The Portland Building.jpg
Stands atop the entrance pavilion to The Portland Building.
National Monument to the Forefathers
Central figure: Faith
1136
Monument to the Forefathers 1.jpg
Faith: William Rimmer & [John D.?] Perry1907 Pilgrim Memorial State Park,
Plymouth, Massachusetts
41°57′36″N70°40′34″W / 41.96000°N 70.67611°W / 41.96000; -70.67611 (Monument to the Forefathers) solid graniteFaith stands upon a 13.7 m (45 ft) pedestal.
Total monument height: 24.7 m (81 ft) [29]
Other figures: Alexander Doyle, Carl Conrads & James H. Mahoney.
Architect: Joseph Edward Billings
Iron Man 1136see article Jack E. Anderson 1987 Minnesota Discovery Center,
Chisholm, Minnesota
47°17′20″N92°32′15″W / 47.28876°N 92.53762°W / 47.28876; -92.53762 (Iron Man (Chisholm Minnesota)) iron oreStands upon a 14 m (45 ft) pedestal.
Total monument height: 25 m (81 ft) [30]
Madonna, Queen of the Universe10.735 Arrigo Minerbi 1954 Don Orione Home, East Boston, Massachusetts 42°23′23″N71°00′20″W / 42.389801°N 71.005604°W / 42.389801; -71.005604 bronze and copperMounted on a gray granite block structure with a crown-shaped gold top. [31]
Paul Bunyan10.133 Akeley-Minnesota-Paul-Bunyan.jpg Dean Krotzer1985Paul Bunyan Historical Museum,
Akeley, Minnesota
47°00′12″N94°43′50″W / 47.003348°N 94.730593°W / 47.003348; -94.730593 (Paul Bunyan Statue) fiberglassVisitors can sit in Bunyan's right hand. [32]
David (inspired by Michelangelo) 1032.8 Serkan ozkaya david.jpg Serkan Özkaya 2011 21c Museum Hotel,
700 W. Main Street,
Louisville, Kentucky
fiberglassStands upon a 5 m (16.4 ft) pedestal [33]
Total monument height: 15 m (49.2 ft)
Blue Mustang 9.832see article Luis Jiménez 2008 Denver International Airport,
Denver, Colorado
39°50′03″N104°40′35″W / 39.83414°N 104.67638°W / 39.83414; -104.67638 (Blue Mustang) fiberglassKilled its creator when its head fell on him and severed an artery in his leg. Locals have nicknamed the statue Blucifer. [34]
Ceres 9.431 20120929 Chicago Board of Trade Building top recrop.jpg John Storrs 1930 Chicago Board of Trade Building,
Chicago, Illinois
41°52′41.25″N87°37′56.1″W / 41.8781250°N 87.632250°W / 41.8781250; -87.632250 (Chicago Board of Trade Building) aluminum
Chicago Board Of Trade Building.jpg
Stands atop a 184 m (605 ft) office building.
Paul Bunyan9.431 Paul Bunyan statue in Bangor, Maine.jpg J. Norman Martin1959Bass Park,
Bangor, Maine
44°47′19″N68°46′42″W / 44.788657°N 68.778337°W / 44.788657; -68.778337 (Paul Bunyan Statue) fiberglass over a steel frameStands upon a 2.1 m (6.7 ft) base
Total monument height: 11.5 m (37.7 ft) [35]
Paul Bunyan9.431 Paul Bunyan Statue in Portland Oregon in 2004.jpg Victor R. Nelson1959 Portland, Oregon 45°35′02″N122°41′12″W / 45.583829°N 122.686616°W / 45.583829; -122.686616 (Paul Bunyan Statue) concrete over a steel frameCreated for the 1959 Oregon Centennial Exposition
NRHP listed. [36]
Bellerophon Taming Pegasus 9.130 Columbia University, NYC (June 2014) - 13.JPG Jacques Lipchitz 1977Jerome Greene Hall,
Columbia University,
New York City
40°48′25.34″N73°57′38.09″W / 40.8070389°N 73.9605806°W / 40.8070389; -73.9605806 (Bellerophon Taming Pegasus) bronze
Martin Luther King Jr.8.5328 Lei Yixin 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial,
West Potomac Park,
Washington, D.C.
38°53′10″N77°2′39″W / 38.88611°N 77.04417°W / 38.88611; -77.04417 (Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial) graniteCarved into a 9.1 m (30 ft) block of granite. [37]
The Equestrian
Don Juan de Oñate
8.5328 John Sherrill Houser & Ethan Taliesin Houser2007 El Paso International Airport,
El Paso, Texas
31°47′46.021″N106°23′44.84″W / 31.79611694°N 106.3957889°W / 31.79611694; -106.3957889 (Monument to the Forefathers) bronzeThe Equestrian stands upon a 2.4 m (8 ft) base.
Total monument height: 11 m (36 ft) [38]
Hermann Heights Monument 8.227 HermannMonumentNewUlmMN.JPG Alfonz Pelzer1897 New Ulm, Minnesota sheet copper over ironStands 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 )
7.926see article  Seward Johnson 2011The Sculpture Foundation,
Hamilton, New Jersey
stainless steel, aluminumExhibited in Chicago, Illinois (2011–12) and Palm Springs,
California (2012–14)
World's Largest Buffalo Monument 7.926see article  Elmer Petersen 1969 Jamestown, North Dakota cement
Dancing Hog7.625Eugene Sargent2018Hogeye Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas Installed at the border of Fayetteville and Farmington. [39]
Hanuman Statue7.6252020 Hindu Temple of Delaware, Hockessin, Delaware graniteThe statue weighs 60,000 pounds and is nation's tallest statue of Hanuman, the Hindu god of strength and knowledge. [40]
Civic Fame7.625 2008-05-04 CanonS3 IMG 3076 Civic Fame crop.jpg Adolph Alexander Weinman 1914 Manhattan Municipal Building,
New York City
40°42′46.67″N74°0′14″W / 40.7129639°N 74.00389°W / 40.7129639; -74.00389 (Manhattan Municipal Building) gilded copper
Manhattan Municipal Building by David Shankbone edited-1 crop.jpg
Stands atop a 180 m (580 ft) office building.
There is disagreement as to whether the model for
the statue was Audrey Munson or Julia “Dudie” Baird.
Miss Pocahontas [41] 7.625W. C. Ballard1956 Pocahontas, Iowa 42°43′58″N94°39′31″W / 42.732739°N 94.658478°W / 42.732739; -94.658478 (Miss Pocahontas) steel, wood & fiberglass
Johnny Kaw 7.625 JohnnyKaw.JPG William Stewart1966 Manhattan, Kansas 39°18′02″N96°57′36″W / 39.30056°N 96.96000°W / 39.30056; -96.96000 (Johnny Kaw) concrete over a steel frameStands upon a 0.25 m (0.75 ft) base
Total monument height: 7.85 m (25.75 ft) [42]
Unconditional Surrender 7.625see article Seward Johnson 2007 San Diego, California foam core with a urethane outer layer
Behind the Walls 7.524.5 Escultura de Jaume Plensa en el patio central del MUNAL 02.jpg Jaume Plensa 2018 Ann Arbor, Michigan 42.275167°N 83.740472°Wpolyester resin and marble dust
Orpheus
Francis Scott Key Monument
7.324 FMcHOrpheus.jpg Charles Henry Niehaus 1922 Fort McHenry
Baltimore, Maryland
39°15′50.91″N76°34′54.75″W / 39.2641417°N 76.5818750°W / 39.2641417; -76.5818750 (Francis Scott Key Monument) bronzeCommissioned 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) [43]
Fountain of Time 7.324 Fountain of Time July 2013 3.jpg Lorado Taft 1922 Washington Park,
Chicago, Illinois
41°47′12.3″N87°36′27.9″W / 41.786750°N 87.607750°W / 41.786750; -87.607750 (Fountain of Time) hollow-cast concrete over a steel frame Panorama of the Fountain of Time.JPG
Total monument length: 38.7 m (127 ft)
Father Time watching the parade of humanity
Ad Astra (To the Stars)6.7622.2 Ad astra.svg Richard Bergen2002 Kansas State Capitol,
Topeka, Kansas
39°02′53″N95°40′41″W / 39.04806°N 95.67806°W / 39.04806; -95.67806 (Kansas State Capitol) bronze
2010 Topeka Kansas USA 4843140582.jpg
A Kansa warrior aiming an arrow at the North Star [44]
Stands atop the Capitol dome
The American Volunteer
"Old Simon"
6.5521.5
Private Soldier Monument Antietam National Cemetery NPS.jpg
Carl Conrads
George Keller (architect)
1876
installed 1880
Antietam National Cemetery,
Sharpsburg, Maryland
39°27′33″N77°44′28″W / 39.45917°N 77.74111°W / 39.45917; -77.74111 (The American Volunteer) solid granite
The American Volunteer 1876 Centennial Exposition (cropped).jpg
Stands upon a 7 m (23 ft) pedestal.
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. [45]
Goddess of Victory and Peace6.421 Goddess of Victory and Peace PA Monument Gettysburg 1910.jpg Samuel Murray 1910 Pennsylvania State Memorial
Gettysburg Battlefield,
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
39°48′27″N77°14′07″W / 39.807588°N 77.235153°W / 39.807588; -77.235153 (The Pennsylvania State Memorial) bronze
Gettysburg Battlefield (3441638902).jpg
Stands atop a 27.1 m (89 ft) pavilion.
Total monument height: 33.5 m (110 ft)
The goddess figure was cast from melted-down
cannons. [46]
Apotheosis of St. Louis 6.120 Apotheosis-of-saint-louis.jpg Charles Henry Niehaus 1903-06 St. Louis Art Museum,
St. Louis, Missouri
38°38′23″N90°17′39″W / 38.63980°N 90.29409°W / 38.63980; -90.29409 (Apotheosis of St. Louis) bronzeNiehaus 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) [47]
Columbia Triumphant
USS Maine Quadriga
6.120 USS Maine (ACR-1) Monument Columbus Circle NYC Columbia Triumphant.JPG Attilio Piccirilli1913 USS Maine National Monument,
Columbus Circle, Central Park,
New York City
40°46′06″N73°58′52″W / 40.768242°N 73.981012°W / 40.768242; -73.981012 (USS Maine National Monument) gilded bronze
CentralPark 02.JPG
Stands upon a 13.1 m (43 ft) pylon
Total monument height: 19.2 m (63 ft) [48]

Statues under 6.1 m (20 ft)

StatueHeightImageSculptorCompletedLocationCoordinatesMaterialsNotes
mft
Statue of Freedom 5.919.5 Statue of Freedom, Washington, D.C.jpg Thomas Crawford 1862 United States Capitol,
Washington, D.C.
38°53′24″N77°0′32.4″W / 38.89000°N 77.009000°W / 38.89000; -77.009000 (Statue of Freedom) bronze
Washington, D.C Mai 2009 PD 004.JPG
Stands atop the lantern of the U.S. Capitol's dome.

The Virgin Mary

5.8

19

Golden Dome Statue.jpg

Giovanni Meli

1865/1882University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN 41°42' 8.2764″N 86°14′17.4516″Wgilded
NDU-Goldkuppel.jpg
Stands atop The Golden Dome on the University of Notre Dame's campus. [49]
Thomas Jefferson5.819 Jefferson Memorial with Declaration preamble.jpg Rudulph Evans 1943 Jefferson Memorial,
Washington, D.C.
38°52′53″N77°2′13″W / 38.88139°N 77.03694°W / 38.88139; -77.03694 (Jefferson Memorial) bronze
Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC 2012.JPG
Stands upon a 1.8 m (6 ft) pedestal
Total monument height: 7.6 m (25 ft) [50]
Jesus as Teacher5.618.5 Bishop-barres-blesses-jesus-the-teacher-statue.jpg Ben Fortunado Marcune 2016Center Valley, Pennsylvania40°32'23.8"N 75°22'28.4"WbronzeStands upon a 1.3 m (4 ft) pedestal

Total monument height 6.9 m (22.5 ft)

Angel Moroni 5.518 Washington D.C. Temple At Dusk.jpg Avard Fairbanks 1974 Kensington, Maryland 39°00′50″N77°03′59″W / 39.0138526°N 77.0663723°W / 39.0138526; -77.0663723 (Washing DC Temple) gildedStands atop the Washington D.C. Temple of the LDS Church.
Colorado
Thatcher Memorial Fountain
5.518 Thatcher Memorial Fountain, Denver, Colorado by Lorado Taft 1919.jpg Lorado Taft 1918 City Park,
Denver, Colorado
39°44′41″N104°57′25″W / 39.74480°N 104.95685°W / 39.74480; -104.95685 (Thatcher Memorial Fountain) bronzeStands upon a 2.75 m (9 ft) pedestal.
The Boilermaker 5.518Jon Hair2005 West Lafayette, Indiana 40°26′05″N86°55′02″W / 40.43467569622493°N 86.91711352958559°W / 40.43467569622493; -86.91711352958559 Stands adjacent to Ross-Ade Stadium at Purdue University.
Moses5.518 Moses, Notre Dame.jpg Joseph Turkalj1963 Notre Dame, IN 41°42′09″N86°14′04″W / 41.702598°N 86.234336°W / 41.702598; -86.234336 Known as 'First Down Moses' of 'Number #1 Moses'.
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox 5.518 Paul Bunyan and Babe statues Bemidji Minnesota crop.JPG Cyril M. Dickenson (Bunyan)
Jim Payton (Babe)
Bunyan 1937
Babe 1939
Bemidji, Minnesota concrete and plasterBunyan stands upon a 0.4 m (1.5 ft) base.
Total monument height: 5.9 m (19.5 ft) [51]
Illustrious Brother George Washington5.2617.25 George Washington Masonic National Memorial (3422742018).jpg Bryant Baker 1950 George Washington Masonic National Memorial,
Alexandria, Virginia
38°48′27″N77°03′58″W / 38.80748°N 77.06598°W / 38.80748; -77.06598 (George Washington Masonic National Memorial) bronzeStands upon a 1.57 m (5.16 ft) pedestal.
Total monument height: 6.83 m (22.41 ft) [52]
Dedicated by President Harry S. Truman, February 22, 1950
Equestrian Statue of General Ulysses S. Grant5.2317.2 Monument to Grant.JPG Henry Shrady 1924 Ulysses S. Grant Memorial,
west of United States Capitol,
Washington, D.C.
38°53′23.1″N77°0′46.4″W / 38.889750°N 77.012889°W / 38.889750; -77.012889 (Grant Memorial) bronzeStands upon a 6.86 (22.5 ft) pedestal
Total monument height: 12.1 m (39.7 ft) [53]
Theodore Roosevelt5.217 Theodore Roosevelt Statue by Paul Manship.jpg Paul Manship 1967 Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial,
Potomac River, Washington, D.C.
38°53′50.74″N77°3′50.19″W / 38.8974278°N 77.0639417°W / 38.8974278; -77.0639417 (Theodore Roosevelt Statue) bronzeStands upon a 1.7 m (5.6 ft) pedestal.
Total monument height: 9.1 m (30 ft) [54]
Pioneer Woman 5.217 Pioneer 2.jpg Bryant Baker 1930 Ponca City, Oklahoma bronze on granite bassThe sculptor was chosen by the museum-going public
following a touring exhibition of the 12 proposed models.
Air Force Honor Guard5.217 Zenos Frudakis 2006 United States Air Force Memorial,
Arlington, Virginia
38°52′07″N77°03′59″W / 38.868649°N 77.066259°W / 38.868649; -77.066259 (US Air Force Memorial) bronzeThe three stainless steel spires represent
the contrails of the Air Force Thunderbirds.
The tallest of these is 82.3 m (270 ft). [55]
Lenin 516see article Emil Venkov1988
installed 1994
Fremont, Seattle, Washington 47°39′05″N122°21′04″W / 47.6514°N 122.3510°W / 47.6514; -122.3510 bronze [56]
Saraswati 4.916see article multiple Balinese sculptors2013 Washington, D.C. 38°54′37″N77°02′45″W / 38.9103°N 77.045829°W / 38.9103; -77.045829 unknown [57]
Superman 4.87 [58] 16 [58] Unknown1993 [59] Metropolis, Illinois 37°08′46″N88°44′08″W / 37.1460999°N 88.7355066°W / 37.1460999; -88.7355066 (Superman Statue) bronze
Wisconsin 4.7215.5 Lady Wisconsin.jpg Daniel Chester French 1913-1914 Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin 43°4′28″N89°23′5″W / 43.07444°N 89.38472°W / 43.07444; -89.38472 gold-gilded bronze
Equestrian Statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman
Sherman Memorial
4.7215.5 Sherman gilded jeh.JPG Augustus Saint Gaudens 1903 Grand Army Plaza,
Central Park,
New York City
40°45′52″N73°58′24″W / 40.7645°N 73.9732°W / 40.7645; -73.9732 (Sherman Memorial) gilded bronzeStands upon a 2.7 m (8.8 ft) base
Total monument height: 7.42 (24.3 ft)
The Sun Singer4.6215.16 Carl Milles1929Allerton Park, Monticello, IL39°59'39.1"N

88°40'04.4'W

BronzeThe 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 4.4514.6 Diana of the Tower Philadelphia Museum of Art cropped.jpg Augustus Saint Gaudens 1893 Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
39°57′58″N75°10′52″W / 39.966°N 75.181°W / 39.966; -75.181 (Philadelphia Museum of Art) gilded copper
Madison Square Garden Diana.jpg
Created as a replacement weather vane for the
92.66 m (304 ft) tower of Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Removed when the building was demolished, 1925. [60]
Commonwealth 4.414.5 Pennsylvania Capitol dome lantern.jpg Roland Hinton Perry 1905 Pennsylvania State Capitol,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
40°15′52″N76°53′01″W / 40.26435°N 76.88356°W / 40.26435; -76.88356 (Commonwealth) gilded bronzeStands atop the lantern of the Pennsylvania State Capitol dome
Myles Standish Monument4.314
Myles Standish monument in Duxbury, Mass.jpg
S.J. Kelly (designer)
Stephano Brignoli and Luigi Limonetta (sculptors) [61]
1898 Myles Standish Monument State Reservation, Duxbury, Massachusetts 42°00′49″N70°41′14″W / 42.013486°N 70.6872397°W / 42.013486; -70.6872397 (Myles Standish Monument (Duxbury, Massachusetts)) graniteStands upon a 31 m (102 ft) column designed by Alden Frink. [61]
Total monument height: 35.35 m (116 ft) [62]
Drone flight around Myles Standish Monument. [63]
George Washington 4.314 Univ of Wash - George Washington statue 06.jpg Lorado Taft 1909 University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington
47°39′22″N122°18′40″W / 47.6560736°N 122.3111274°W / 47.6560736; -122.3111274 (George Washington Statue) bronzeCreated for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Stands upon an 8.5 m (28 ft) pedestal.
Total monument height: 12.8 m (42 ft) [64]
Gloria Victis4.314 Frederick Ruckstull 1909Salisbury, North Carolina 35°40′06″N80°28′16″W / 35.66833°N 80.47111°W / 35.66833; -80.47111 (Gloria Victis) bronzeStands upon a 2.7 m (9 ft) pedestal.
Total monument height: 7 m (23 ft) [65]
Benjamin Franklin3.812.5 Benjamin Franklin National Memorial.jpg James Earle Fraser 1938 Benjamin Franklin National Memorial,
Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
39°57′29″N75°10′25″W / 39.95806°N 75.17361°W / 39.95806; -75.17361 (Franklin Institute) marble
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial - DSC06730.JPG
Stands upon a 2.5 m (8.4 ft) pedestal.
Total monument height: 7.3 m (20.9 ft) [66]
The Institute's rotunda is a memorial to Franklin.

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