List of the tallest statues in the United States
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, (which are not statues).
Statues over 12.2 m (40 ft)
Statues between 6.1 and 12.2 m (20 and 40 ft)
Statue | Height | Image | Sculptor | Completed | Location | Coordinates | Materials | Notes | |
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m | ft | ||||||||
Big Freeport Indian Chief Passamaquoddy | 12.2 | 40 | Rodman Shutt | 1969 | Conundrum Wine Bistro, 313 Yarmouth Road, Freeport, Maine | 43°49′04″N 70°08′41″W / 43.817851°N 70.144675°W | fiberglass | Stands upon a 2.7 m (9 ft) base Total monument height: 14.9 m (49 ft)[22] Nickname: "BFI" | |
Victory "Miss Indiana" | 11.58 | 38 | George Brewster | 1893 | Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Indianapolis, Indiana | 39°46′6″N 86°9′29″W / 39.76833°N 86.15806°W | bronze | Victory stands atop a 75 m (246 ft) tower. Total monument height: 86.56 m (284 ft)[23] Restored in 2011[24] | |
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 / 44.94417°N 93.09389°W | Mexican onyx | ||
William Penn | 11.3 | 37 | Alexander Milne Calder | 1894 | City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 39°57′10″N 75°09′49″W / 39.95281°N 75.16352°W | 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°59′36″N 102°14′30″W / 43.993231°N 102.241795°W | concrete over an iron frame | The dinosaur statue is 24.4 m (80 ft) in length. | |
Portlandia | 11.25 | 36.9 | Raymond Kaskey | 1985 | The Portland Building, Portland, Oregon | 45°30′56.7″N 122°40′44.5″W / 45.515750°N 122.679028°W | bronze | Stands atop the entrance pavilion to The Portland Building. | |
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 / 41.96000°N 70.67611°W | solid granite | Faith stands upon a 13.7 m (45 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 24.7 m (81 ft)[25] Other figures: Alexander Doyle, Carl Conrads & James H. Mahoney. Architect: Joseph Edward Billings | |
Iron Man | 11 | 36 | Jack E. Anderson | 1987 | Minnesota Discovery Center, Chisholm, Minnesota | 47°17′20″N 92°32′15″W / 47.28876°N 92.53762°W | iron ore | Stands upon a 14 m (45 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 25 m (81 ft)[26] | |
Paul Bunyan | 10.1 | 33 | Dean Krotzer | 1985 | Paul Bunyan Historical Museum, Akeley, Minnesota | 47°00′12″N 94°43′50″W / 47.003348°N 94.730593°W | fiberglass | Visitors can sit in Bunyan's right hand.[27] | |
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[28] Total monument height: 15 m (49.2 ft) | ||
Ceres | 9.4 | 31 | John Storrs | 1930 | Chicago Board of Trade Building, Chicago, Illinois | 41°52′41.25″N 87°37′56.1″W / 41.8781250°N 87.632250°W | aluminum | Stands atop a 184 m (605 ft) office building. | |
Paul Bunyan | 9.4 | 31 | J. Norman Martin | 1959 | Bass Park, Bangor, Maine | 44°47′19″N 68°46′42″W / 44.788657°N 68.778337°W | fiberglass over a steel frame | Stands upon a 2.1 m (6.7 ft) base Total monument height: 11.5 m (37.7 ft)[29] | |
Paul Bunyan | 9.4 | 31 | Victor R. Nelson | 1959 | Portland, Oregon | 45°35′02″N 122°41′12″W / 45.583829°N 122.686616°W | concrete over a steel frame | Created for the 1959 Oregon Centennial Exposition NRHP listed.[30] | |
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 / 40.8070389°N 73.9605806°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 / 38.88611°N 77.04417°W | granite | Carved into a 9.1 m (30 ft) block of granite.[31] | |
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 / 31.79611694°N 106.3957889°W | bronze | The Equestrian stands upon a 2.4 m (8 ft) base. Total monument height: 11 m (36 ft)[32] | |
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 | Seward Johnson | 2011 | The Sculpture Foundation, Hamilton, New Jersey | stainless steel, aluminum | Exhibited in Chicago, Illinois (2011–12) and Palm Springs, California (2012–14) | ||
Dancing Hog | 7.6 | 25 | Eugene Sargent | 2018 | Hogeye Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas | Installed at the border of Fayetteville and Farmington.[33] | |||
Civic Fame | 7.6 | 25 | Adolph Alexander Weinman | 1914 | Manhattan Municipal Building, New York City | 40°42′46.67″N 74°0′14″W / 40.7129639°N 74.00389°W | gilded copper | 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[34] | 7.6 | 25 | W. C. Ballard | 1956 | Pocahontas, Iowa | 42°43′58″N 94°39′31″W / 42.732739°N 94.658478°W | steel, wood & fiberglass | ||
Johnny Kaw | 7.6 | 25 | William Stewart | 1966 | Manhattan, Kansas | 39°18′02″N 96°57′36″W / 39.30056°N 96.96000°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)[35] | |
Unconditional Surrender | 7.6 | 25 | Seward Johnson | 2007 | San Diego, California | foam core with a urethane outer layer | |||
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 / 39.2641417°N 76.5818750°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)[36] | |
Fountain of Time | 7.3 | 24 | Lorado Taft | 1922 | Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois | 41°47′12.3″N 87°36′27.9″W / 41.786750°N 87.607750°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, Tokepa, Kansas | 39°02′53″N 95°40′41″W / 39.04806°N 95.67806°W | bronze | A Kansa warrior aiming an arrow at the North Star[37] 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 / 39.45917°N 77.74111°W | solid granite | 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.[38] | |
Goddess of Victory and Peace | 6.4 | 21 | Samuel Murray | 1910 | Pennsylvania State Memorial Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | 39°48′27″N 77°14′07″W / 39.807588°N 77.235153°W | bronze | 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.[39] | |
Apotheosis of St. Louis | 6.1 | 20 | Charles Henry Niehaus | 1903-06 | St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri | 38°38′23″N 90°17′39″W / 38.63980°N 90.29409°W | 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)[40] | |
Columbia Triumphant USS Maine Quadriga | 6.1 | 20 | Attilio Piccirilli | 1913 | USS Maine National Monument, Columbus Circle, Central Park, New York City | 40°46′06″N 73°58′52″W / 40.768242°N 73.981012°W | gilded bronze | Stands upon a 13.1 m (43 ft) pylon Total monument height: 19.2 m (63 ft)[41] | |
Statues under 6.1 m (20 ft)
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 / 38.89000°N 77.009000°W | bronze | Stands atop the lantern of the U.S. Capitol's dome. | |
The Virgin Mary |
5.8 |
19 |
Giovanni Meli |
1865/1882 | University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN | 41°42' 8.2764″N 86°14′17.4516″W | gilded | Stands atop The Golden Dome on the University of Notre Dame's campus.[42] | |
Thomas Jefferson | 5.8 | 19 | Rudulph Evans | 1943 | Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. | 38°52′53″N 77°2′13″W / 38.88139°N 77.03694°W | bronze | Stands upon a 1.8 m (6 ft) pedestal Total monument height: 7.6 m (25 ft)[43] | |
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) | |
Colorado Thatcher Memorial Fountain | 5.5 | 18 | Lorado Taft | 1918 | City Park, Denver, Colorado | 39°44′41″N 104°57′25″W / 39.74480°N 104.95685°W | bronze | Stands upon a 2.75 m (9 ft) pedestal. | |
Moses | 5.5 | 18 | Joseph Turkalj | 1963 | Notre Dame, IN | 41°42′09″N 86°14′04″W / 41.702598°N 86.234336°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)[44] | ||
Illustrious Brother George Washington | 5.26 | 17.25 | Bryant Baker | 1950 | George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia | 38°48′27″N 77°03′58″W / 38.80748°N 77.06598°W | bronze | Stands upon a 1.57 m (5.16 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 6.83 m (22.41 ft)[45] 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 / 38.889750°N 77.012889°W | bronze | Stands upon a 6.86 (22.5 ft) pedestal Total monument height: 12.1 m (39.7 ft)[46] | |
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 / 38.8974278°N 77.0639417°W | bronze | Stands upon a 1.7 m (5.6 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 9.1 m (30 ft)[47] | |
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°52′07″N 77°03′59″W / 38.868649°N 77.066259°W | bronze | The three stainless steel spires represent the contrails of the Air Force Thunderbirds. The tallest of these is 82.3 m (270 ft).[48] | |
Superman | 4.87[49] | 16[49] | Unknown | 1993[50] | Metropolis, Illinois | 37°08′46″N 88°44′08″W / 37.1460999°N 88.7355066°W | bronze | ||
Wisconsin | 4.72 | 15.5 | Daniel Chester French | 1913-1914 | Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin | 43°4′28″N 89°23′5″W / 43.07444°N 89.38472°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°45′52″N 73°58′24″W / 40.7645°N 73.9732°W | gilded bronze | Stands upon a 2.7 m (8.8 ft) base Total monument height: 7.42 (24.3 ft) | |
Diana of the Tower | 4.45 | 14.6 | Augustus Saint Gaudens | 1893 | Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 39°57′58″N 75°10′52″W / 39.966°N 75.181°W | gilded copper | 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.[51] | |
Myles Standish Monument | 4.3 | 14 | S.J. Kelly (designer) Stephano Brignoli and Luigi Limonetta (sculptors)[52] | 1898 | Myles Standish Monument State Reservation, Duxbury, Massachusetts | 42°00′49″N 70°41′14″W / 42.013486°N 70.6872397°W | granite | Stands upon a 31 m (102 ft) column designed by Alden Frink.[52] Total monument height: 35.35 m (116 ft)[53] Drone flight around Myles Standish Monument.[54] | |
George Washington | 4.3 | 14 | Lorado Taft | 1909 | University of Washington, Seattle, Washington | 47°39′22″N 122°18′40″W / 47.6560736°N 122.3111274°W | bronze | Created for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Stands upon a 8.5 m (28 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 12.8 m (42 ft)[55] | |
Gloria Victis | 4.3 | 14 | Frederick Ruckstull | 1909 | Salisbury, North Carolina | 35°40′06″N 80°28′16″W / 35.66833°N 80.47111°W | bronze | Stands upon a 2.7 m (9 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 7 m (23 ft)[56] | |
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 / 39.95806°N 75.17361°W | marble | Stands upon a 2.5 m (8.4 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 7.3 m (20.9 ft)[57] The Institute's rotunda is a memorial to Franklin. | |
Other organizational lists
- List of statues by height
- List of statues
- List of Roman domes
- New Seven Wonders of the World
- List of archaeological sites sorted by country
- List of colossal sculpture in situ
- List of megalithic sites
- List of archaeoastronomical sites sorted by country
- List of Egyptian pyramids
- List of Mesoamerican pyramids
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