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! rowspan="2" | Sculptor
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Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) | 46 | 151 | File:Statue of Liberty (13365028933).jpg | Frédéric Bartholdi | 1886 | Liberty Island, New York City, New York | {{coord|40.6892|N|74.0445|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY|name=Statue of Liberty (New York)}} | copper sheet on metal armature | File:Front view of Statue of Liberty with pedestal and base 2024.jpg The interior framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel.[{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/prod02.htm|title=Statue of Liberty|work=The National Park Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902060449/http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/prod02.htm|access-date=January 17, 2020|archive-date=2006-09-02}}] Stands upon a 47 m (154 ft) base Total monument height: 93 m (310 ft)[{{cite web|title=Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, (sculpture)|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&menu=search&index=.NW&term=IAS%2076003645 |work=Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum}}] |
Pegasus and Dragon | 33.5 | 110 | File:PEGASUS_and_DRAGON.jpg | Mark Kara (designer) Stark Engineers[[http://www.stark-ingenieure.de/files/stark/CONTENT/Presse/STARK-Engineers-project-data-Pegasus-and-Dragon.pdf "Pegasus and Dragon – The biggest horse statue of the world." Press release, STARK Engineers, August 2014. (PDF)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131115050/http://www.stark-ingenieure.de/files/stark/CONTENT/Presse/STARK-Engineers-project-data-Pegasus-and-Dragon.pdf |date=2016-01-31 }}] Strassacker Art Foundry[[http://www.strassacker.com/en/news/projects Pegasus], from Strassacker Kunstgiesserei.] | 2014 | Gulfstream Park Racetrack and Casino, Hallandale Beach, Florida | {{coord|25.982155|N|80.140495|W|type:landmark_region:US|name=Pegasus and the Dragon (Hallandale Beach, Florida)}} | bronze and steel | Pegasus is 33.4 m (110 ft) in height. The dragon is 15.2 m (50 ft) in height |
Statue of Union | 27.4 | 90[{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/90-ft-hanuman-statue-of-union-unveiled-in-texas-3rd-tallest-in-us/articleshow/112663661.cms | title=90-ft Hanuman Statue of Union unveiled in Texas, 3rd tallest in US | newspaper=The Times of India | date=21 August 2024 }}] | | | 2024 | Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple, Sugar Land, Texas | {{coord|29.6700|N|95.6182|W}} | Panchaloha (five-metal alloy of gold, silver, copper, zinc, and iron)[https://www.statueofunion.org/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}] | The statue depicts Hindu God Hanuman |
Our Lady of the Rockies | 27 | 88.6 | File:Our Lady of the Rockies crop.jpg | Robert O'Bill (artist/creator) Laurien Eugene Riehl (designer) | 1985 | Butte, Montana | {{coord|46|0|1.7|N|112|26|46.58|W|type:landmark_region:US|name=Our Lady of the Rockies (Butte, Montana)}} | concrete base; stainless steel statue | Stands upon a 1.5 m (5 ft) base Total monument height: 28.5 m (93.6 ft)[[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=Q44666506521P.179&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=&term=lady+of+the+rockies&index=.GW&aspect=Keyword&term=&index=.AW&term=&index=.TW&term=&index=.SW&term=&index=.FW&term=&index=.OW&term=&index=.NW&x=0&y=0 Our Lady of the Rockies (sculpture)], from SIRIS.] |
Metaphor: The Tree of Utah | 27 | 87 | see article | Karl Momen | 1986 | Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah | {{coord|40.73322 |
113.55086|type:landmark_region:US|display=title}} | concrete | |
Iron Man Statue:
The Emergence of Man Through Steel
|26
|85
|
|Jack E. Anderson
|1987
|Chisholm, Minnesota
|47°28'53'N
92°53'46'W
|brass, copper, steel, iron ore
|Measures 85 ft tall, 26m from the base to the top of the helmet, the helmet is light with LED |
Golden Driller[{{cite web|last=Best of Tulsa |title=Tulsa Landmarks |url=http://www.bestoftulsa.com/landmarks/golden_driller.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427175226/http://bestoftulsa.com/landmarks/golden_driller.shtml |archive-date=2007-04-27 }}] | 23 | 75 | Image:GoldenDriller.jpg | | 1953 | Tulsa Expo Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma | {{coord|36.133638|N|95.931158|W|type:landmark_region:US|name=Golden Driller (Tulsa, Oklahoma)}} | cast concrete and plaster | |
Sugar Land Quan Am | 21.94 | 72 | | Mai Chi Kim[{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1004061690676938720|title=Quan Am, Texas-Style|first=Janet H.|last=Moore|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=26 October 2001}}] | 1998 | Chua Viet Nam, Sugar Land, Texas | {{coord|29.670853|N|95.617491|W|type:landmark_region:US-TX|name=Chua Viet Nam}} | cast concrete | |
Brachiosaurus Mother and Baby | 21.34 | 70 | 75px | Gary Staab | 2009 | Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana | {{coord|39|48|39|N|86|9|27|W|type:landmark_region:US-IN|name=Children's Museum of Indianapolis}} | fiberglass | |
United States Marine Corps War Memorial Iwo Jima Memorial | 20.7 | 68 | 75px | Felix de Weldon | 1954 | Arlington Ridge Park, Arlington, Virginia | {{coord|38|53|25.7|N|77|04|10.85|W|region:US-VA_type:landmark|name=Marine Corps War Memorial}} | bronze | File:Iwo Jima Memorial 5.JPG Stands upon a 3 m (10 ft) base. Total monument height: 23.7 m (78 ft)[[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14GP31205K604.1533&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!326651~!71&ri=1&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=De+weldon&index=.AW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=1 U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial], from SIRIS.]
View with Washington, D.C. in the distance. |
Giraffe[{{cite web| last = The Roadside Gallery| title = Huge Giraffe Statue Dallas Zoo – Dallas, TX| url = http://www.savvycenter.com/explorer/roadside/giraffestatue.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080205191858/http://www.savvycenter.com/explorer/roadside/giraffestatue.htm| archive-date = 2008-02-05}}] | 20.6 | 67.6 | | Bob Cassilly[{{cite news |first=Bruce|last=Tomaso|title=Creator of Dallas Zoo's giraffe sculpture dies in bulldozer accident |url=http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/10/creator-of-dallas-zoos-giraffe.html |work=Dallas Morning News |date=2011-10-09 |access-date=2011-10-23}}] | 1997 | Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas | {{coord|32|44|38|N|96|48|52|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Dallas Zoo's giraffe statue (Dallas, Texas)}} | bronze and plexiglass | |
A Tribute to Courage Sam Houston statue | 20.5 | 67 | see article | David Adickes | 1994 | Huntsville, Texas | {{coord|30|39|40|N|95|30|39|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark|name=Tribute to Courage (Huntsville, Texas)}} | cast concrete | Stands upon a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal[[http://www.samhoustonstatue.org/ Huntsville Statue & Visitors Center, www.samhoustonstatue.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405170249/http://www.samhoustonstatue.org/ |date=2009-04-05 }}] |
Christ of the Ozarks[{{cite web| last = The Great Passion Play| title = Christ at the Ozarks| url = http://www.greatpassionplay.com/christoftheozarks.htm| access-date = 2008-06-02| archive-date = 2015-09-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925124604/http://www.greatpassionplay.com/christoftheozarks.htm| url-status = dead}}] | 20 | 65.5 | Image:09-02-06--ChristofOzarks.jpg | Emmet Sullivan | 1966 | Magnetic Mountain, Eureka Springs, Arkansas | {{coord|36|24|24.87|N|93|43|23.41|W|type:landmark_region:US|name=Christ of the Ozarks (Eureka Springs, Arkansas)}} | cast concrete | |
Lucy the Elephant | 19.7 | 65 | 75px | James V. Lafferty, designer | 1881 | Margate City, New Jersey | {{coord|39|19|14.33|N|74|30|42.85|W|region:US-NJ_type:landmark|name=Lucy the Elephant}} | wood, tin sheeting | Similar novelty buildings built at Coney Island, New York (Elephantine Colossus) and Cape May, New Jersey do not survive. NRHP listed. |
Brontosaurus "Dinny the Dinosaur" | 19.7 | 65 | 75px | Claude K. Bell | 1978 | Dinosaur Delights, Cabazon, California | {{coord|33|55|12.5|N|116|46|22.25|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Cabazon Dinosaurs}} | concrete over a steel frame | File: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.[[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14474X4842X9W.1041&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!340138~!6&ri=3&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=dinosaur+(sculpture)&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=3 Brontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex], from SIRIS.] |
Skowhegan Indian | 18.9 | 62 | | Bernard Langlais | 1969 | Skowhegan, Maine | {{coord|44.767792|N|69.719803|W|type:landmark_region:US-ME|name=Indian of Skowhegan}} | wood, concrete base | Created for the 150th anniversary of Maine statehood Stands upon a 6.1 m (20 ft) base Total monument height: 25 m (82 ft)[[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1446HX0030I86.2971&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!20844~!4&ri=1&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=skowhegan&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=1 Indian of Skowhegan], from SIRIS.] |
The Father of Texas Stephen Austin statue | 18.3 | 60 | | David Adickes | 2009 | Angleton, Texas | {{coord|29.150535|N|95.449331|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark|name=The Father of Texas (Angleton, Texas)}} | cast concrete | Stands upon a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal[[https://brazoriacountytx.gov/departments/parks-department/munson-park-stephen-f-austin-statue Stephen F. Austin-Munson Historical County Park]] |
Liberty
|17.7
|58
|
|Michael Benisty
|2025
|Aurora, Colorado
|{{coord|39|45|21.6|N|104|41|12.0|W|type:landmark_region:US|name=Liberty (Aurora, Colorado)}}
|polished stainless steel
|Originally unveiled at the Burning Man festival in 2024[{{Cite web |last=milehighcre |date=2025-04-23 |title=Massive 58-Foot Sculpture "Liberty" to be Installed in Aurora |url=https://milehighcre.com/massive-58-foot-sculpture-liberty-to-be-installed-in-aurora/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Mile High CRE |language=en}}] |
Vulcan | 17.1 | 56 | Image:Vulcan statue Birmingham AL 2008 snow retouched.jpg | Giuseppe Moretti | 1904 | Red Mountain, Birmingham, Alabama | {{coord|33|29|30.18|N|86|47|43.86|W|type:landmark_region:US|name=Vulcan statue (Birmingham, Alabama)}} | cast iron | File:Vulcan statue.jpgLargest cast iron statue in the world.
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)[{{cite web| last = Vulcan Park Foundation| title = The History of Vulcan Park| url = http://www.visitvulcan.com/history.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080215192202/http://www.visitvulcan.com/history.html| archive-date = 2008-02-15}}] |
Hiawatha | 15.8 | 52 | File:Hiawatha statue, Ironwood.JPG | Gordon Displays | 1964 | Hiawatha Park, Ironwood, Michigan | {{coord|46.449709|N|90.162152|W|type:landmark_region:US-MI|name=Hiawatha Statue}} | fiberglass | Stands upon a 0.8 m (2.5 ft) base Total monument height: 16.6 m (54.5 ft)[[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1QO6U71757045.2990&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!324885~!0&ri=1&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=ironwood,+michigan&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=1 Hiawatha (sculpture)], from SIRIS.] |
Lux Mundi Light of the World | 15.8 | 52 | | Tom Tsuchiya | 2012 | Solid Rock Church, Monroe, Ohio | {{coord|39|27|13.78|N|84|19|35.37|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=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.[{{cite news |work=WCPO |title=Construction progressing on new Jesus statue along I-75 |date=June 15, 2012 |url=http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/region_north_cincinnati/monroe/Construction-to-begin-on-new-Jesus-statue-along-I-75#ixzz1y1CWlU3h |access-date=September 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629192543/http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/region_north_cincinnati/monroe/Construction-to-begin-on-new-Jesus-statue-along-I-75#ixzz1y1CWlU3h |archive-date=June 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }}][{{cite news |work=New York Times |title=Giant Jesus statue keeps watch over Ohio interstate |date=November 18, 2005 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/national/17statue.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 |first=Chris |last=Maag }}] |
Dignity | 15.24 | 50 | | | 2016 | overlooking the Missouri River, near Chamberlain, South Dakota | {{coord|43|47|12.75|N|99|20|17.83|W}} | | |
Jolly Green Giant | 15.2 | 50 | File:JollyGreenGiantBlueEarthMN2006-05-20.JPG | Creative Displays F.A.S.T. Corp. | 1979 | Blue Earth, Minnesota | {{coord|43|39|02|N|94|5|46|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Jolly Green Giant statue (Blue Earth, Minnesota)}} | fiberglass | Stands upon a 1.7 m (5.5 ft) base Total monument height: 16.9 m (55.5 ft)[[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14B66065F5548.3381&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!336561~!0&ri=4&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=jolly+green+giant&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=4 Jolly Green Giant (sculpture)], from SIRIS.] |
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox | 15 | 49.2 | 75px | Ward Berg | Bunyan 1961 Babe 1950 | Trees of Mystery, Klamath, California | {{coord|41|35|4.1|N|124|5|8.83|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|name=Trees of Mystery}} | wood, chicken wire, stucco | Replaced a 1946 Bunyan statue by Ray & William Thompson.[[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=144J55F5U6468.2863&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=4&source=%7E%21siartinventories&index=.NW&term=CA000505&aspect=Keyword&x=6&y=11 Babe the Blue Ox], from SIRIS.] Based on a model by Ann Cooper.[[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=144J55F5U6468.2863&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!320160~!0&ri=3&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Paul+Bunyan&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=3 Paul Bunyan (sculpture)], from SIRIS.] |
Tapomurti Shri Nilkanth Varni Murti (A Journey Inspiring Simplicity) | 14.94 | 49 | | BAPS | 2021 | Swaminarayan Akshardham, Robbinsville, New Jersey | {{coord|40.25453351179542|N|74.57632951685069|W|type:landmark_region:US-NJ|name=Tapomurti Shri Nilkanth Varni Murti (New Jersey)}} | Bronze | The bronze murti is 49 feet tall to commemorate the 49 years Bhagwan Swaminarayan lived on earth while affecting social and spiritual reform in India.[{{cite web|url=https://www.baps.org/News/2021/Tapomurti-Shri-Nilkanth-Varni-Murti-Sthapan-20225.aspx|title=Tapomurti Shri Nilkanth Varni|work=Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS)|access-date=October 10, 2021}}] The framework was designed by Saints and Volunteers of BAPS. |
Black Hawk Statue The Eternal Indian | 14.6 | 48 | Image:BlackHawkStatue 003.jpg | Lorado Taft | 1911 | Lowden State Park, near Oregon, Illinois | {{coord|42|2|03|N|89|19|59|W|region:US-IL_type:landmark|name=Black Hawk Statue (Lowden State Park near Oregon, Illinois)}} | concrete | |
Hammering Man | 14.6 | 48 | | Lippincott, Inc. | 1991 | Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington | {{Coord|47|36|25.31|N|122|20|17.20|W|type:landmark}} | steel | [{{cite web|url=http://artbeat.seattle.gov/tag/hammering-man/|title=Hammering Man|website=artbeat.seattle.gov}}] |
Tex Randall | 14 | 47 | File:Tex Randall Statue, Canyon, Texas.jpg | Harry Wheeler | 1959 | Canyon, Texas | {{Coord|34|59|5.29|N|101|55|46.99|W|type:landmark}} | cement and steel | [{{cite news|url=https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/how-tex-randall-went-from-being-just-a-statue-to-an-iconic-cowboy/|title=How Tex Randall Went From Being Just A Statue To An Iconic Cowboy|last=Diaz|first=Joy|date=April 30, 2020|work=Texas Standard|access-date=12 July 2022}}] |
Atlas | 13.7 | 45 | File:New York City, May 2014 - 033.JPG | Lee Lawrie | 1937 | Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York | {{Coord|40|45|32.12|N|73|58|37.84|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|name=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 | 13.4 | 44 | 75px | Blackbear Bosin | 1974 | Mid-America All-Indian Center, Wichita, Kansas | {{coord|37|41|29|N|97|20|59|W|region:US-KS_type:landmark|name=The Keeper of the Plains (Wichita, Kansas)}} | Cor-Ten steel | Stands upon a 9.1 m (30 ft) rock promontory |
Washington Monument | 13.4 | 44 | 75px | Rudolf Siemering | 1897 | Eakins Oval, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | {{coord|39|57|51.3|N|75|10|45|W|region:US-PA_type:landmark|name=Washington Monument}} | bronze and granite | [{{cite web|title=George Washington Monument, (sculpture)|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&menu=search&index=.NW&term=IAS%2075009269 |work=Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum}}] |
Rocket Thrower | 12.95 | 42.5 | 75px | Donald De Lue | 1964 | Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, New York City, New York | {{coord|40.7474 |
73.8421|type:landmark_region:US-NY|name=Rocket Thrower}} | bronze | Created for the 1964 New York World's Fair[[http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/flushing-meadows-corona-park/monuments/1363 Rocket Thrower], from NYC Parks.] |
Athena Parthenos Athena of the Parthenon | 12.8 | 42 | File:Athena Parthenos LeQuire.jpg | Alan LeQuire | 1990 | Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee | {{coord|36|08|59|N|86|48|49|W|region:US-TN_type:landmark|name=Athena_Parthenos (Nashville, Tennessee)}} | composite of gypsum cement and fiberglass | Tallest indoor statue in United States. |
Muskellunge | 12.5 | 41 | File:HaywardMuskie-061-050507.jpg | | 1976 | National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, Hayward, Wisconsin | {{coord|46.0078|N|91.4797|W|region:US-WI_type:landmark|name=Muskie (Hayward, Wisconsin)}} | fiberglass | The world's largest fiberglass sculpture. |