List of public art in Worcester, Massachusetts

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This is a list of public art in Worcester, Massachusetts , in the United States. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals, and mosaics.

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignationOwner / administrator Wikidata Notes
1898 by Andrew O'Connor, Jr. - Worcester, MA - DSC05790.jpg
More images 		1898Wheaton Square

42°16′23″N71°48′1.5″W / 42.27306°N 71.800417°W / 42.27306; -71.800417 (1898) 		1917 Andrew O'Connor Statue Bronze [1]
Col. Timothy Bigelow Monument - Worcester, MA - DSC05751.jpg
More images 		Bigelow Monument Worcester City Hall and Common

42°15′44″N71°48′2″W / 42.26222°N 71.80056°W / 42.26222; -71.80056 (Bigelow Monument) 		1861George Snell Monument Granite
Marble
Burnside Fountain - Worcester, MA - DSC05763.jpg
More images 		Burnside Fountain Worcester City Hall and Common

42°15′41.3″N71°48′0.82″W / 42.261472°N 71.8002278°W / 42.261472; -71.8002278 (Burnside Fountain) 		1912 Henry Bacon
Charles Y. Harvey		 Fountain Bronze
Granite
General Charles Devens Statue by Daniel Chester French - 2011-09-25.jpg
More images 		Equestrian statue of Charles Devens Institutional District

42°16′16″N71°48′00″W / 42.27111°N 71.80000°W / 42.27111; -71.80000 (Equestrian statue of Charles Devens) 		1906 Daniel Chester French
Edward Clark Potter 		Monument Bronze
Granite
CivilWarMemorialWorcester.JPG
More images 		Soldiers' Monument Worcester City Hall and Common

42°15′44″N71°48′00″W / 42.262224°N 71.8°W / 42.262224; -71.8 (Soldiers' Monument) 		1874 Randolph Rogers Monument Bronze
Granite
Statue of Christopher Columbus Union Station

42°15′42″N71°47′41″W / 42.26167°N 71.79472°W / 42.26167; -71.79472 (Statue of Christopher Columbus) 		1978Aldo W. Gatti Statue [2]
George Frisbie Hoar Monument - Worcester, MA - DSC03937.jpg
More images 		Statue of George Frisbie Hoar Worcester City Hall and Common

42°15′46.6″N71°48′7″W / 42.262944°N 71.80194°W / 42.262944; -71.80194 (Statue of George Frisbie Hoar) 		1908 Daniel Chester French Statue Bronze
Granite
Lt. John Vincent Power Memorial - Worcester, MA - DSC04126.jpg
More images 		Statue of John V. Power Worcester City Hall and Common

42°15′44″N71°48′7.5″W / 42.26222°N 71.802083°W / 42.26222; -71.802083 (Statue of John V. Power) 		1947 Aristide Berto Cianfarani Statue Bronze
Granite
Worcester Public Library - Major Taylor - panoramio (cropped).jpg
More images 		Statue of Major Taylor Worcester Public Library

42°15′36″N71°48′2.5″W / 42.26000°N 71.800694°W / 42.26000; -71.800694 (Statue of Major Taylor) 		2008 Antonio Tobias Mendez Statue Bronze [3]
Freud at Clark University.jpg Statue of Sigmund Freud Clark University

42°15′2.5″N71°49′22″W / 42.250694°N 71.82278°W / 42.250694; -71.82278 (Statue of Sigmund Freud) 		1999 Statue Bronze Located on the university's Red Square. [4]
Tornado Memorial Quinsigamond Community College

42°18′55.5″N71°47′46″W / 42.315417°N 71.79611°W / 42.315417; -71.79611 (Tornado Memorial) 		1998 Memorial Granite Memorial to the victims of the 1953 Worcester tornado. [5]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Statue of John V. Power</span>

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References

  1. ↑ Soderman, Doris Flodin (1995). The Sculptors O'Connor. Gundi Publishers. p. 69. ISBN   978-0-9642863-0-6 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ Barnes, George (June 23, 2020). "Christopher Columbus statue vandalized in Worcester". Telegram & Gazette . Gannett. Archived from the original on February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Major Taylor Statue". Discover Central Massachusetts. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Two revolutionaries in Clark's History". The Scarlet. Clark Historical Society. April 4, 2013. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ↑ Caywood, Thomas (June 6, 2009). "Tornado memorial". Telegram & Gazette . Gannett. Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
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