List of equestrian statues in the United States explained
See also: List of equestrian statues.
This is a list of equestrian statues in the United States.
List
Alaska
Arizona
- Scottsdale
- Come 'n Get It, by Snell Johnson, Rawhide, 1989–90.
- Jack Knife, by Ed Mell, Main Street & Marshall Way, 1993.
- Tucson
- Pancho Villa, by Julian Martinez, Viente de Agosto Park, 1981.
- Eusebio Francisco Kino, S.J., by Julian Martinez, Kino Boulevard, 1987–89.
Arkansas
- Ash Flat
- Bronco Buster, by Frederic Remington, Remington Plaza Shopping Center, 1895, this cast ca. 2001.
- Coming Through the Rye, by Frederic Remington (smaller version), Remington Plaza Shopping Center, 1902, this cast ca. 2001.
- The Rattlesnake, by Frederic Remington, Remington Plaza Shopping Center, 1909, this cast ca. 2001.
- Hot Springs
- American Pharoah (of the 2015 Triple Crown-winning horse and jockey Victor Espinoza), by James Peniston, Oaklawn Park Race Track, 2017.[3]
- Horse and Rider Group, by Barvo Walker, Oaklawn Park Race Track, 1985–86.
- Horse and Rider, by Jan Woods, Oaklawn Park Race Track, 1991.
- Rockamundo (Racehorse and jockey), by Alan Gipson, Oaklawn Park Race Track, 1989–90.
- Jonesboro
- Bronco Buster, by Frederic Remington, Indian Mall, 1895.
- The Cheyenne, by Frederic Remington (smaller version), Caraway Plaza Shopping Center, 1901.
- End of the Trail, by James Earle Fraser (smaller version), Caraway Plaza Shopping Center, 1894.
- Mountain Man, by Frederic Remington, Bernard Court Shopping Center, 1903.
- North Little Rock
- Pioneering is Eternal, by Jack Bryant Jr., Ben E. Keith Foods, 2006.
- Ozark
- Bas-relief plaque of Dispatch Rider, by Joseph B. Bond, Sam Dale Monument, Dale County Lake, 1976.
- Springdale
- Bas-relief of Birdman, by Jack D. Woods, Tyson Foods Corporate Headquarters, 1987.
California
- Antioch
- Spirit Rider of the Season, by David Govedare, Wildhorse Road, 1993. Steel silhouettes of four horses, one rider.
- Beverly Hills
- John Wayne, by Harry Jackson, Great Western Bank, 1984.
- Inglewood
- Los Angeles
- Emiliano Zapata, by Ignacio Asunsolo, Lincoln Park (Los Angeles), 1908.
- Angel of the Citadel, by Marino Marini, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1948, this cast 1950.
- Bas-relief of the Mormon Battalion, by Albert Stewart, Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial, 1954–57
- Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon, by Julian Martinez, Lincoln Park (Los Angeles), 1981.
- Oakland
- Joaquin Miller – Poet of the Sierras, by Kisa Beeck, Joaquin Miller Park, 1942.
- Sacramento
- Pony Express Rider, by Thomas Holland, 2nd & J Streets, 1976.
- Indian Being Attacked by a Bear, by Spero Anargyros, west pediment, California State Capitol, 1981–82. Recreation of Pietro Mezzara's 1873 statue (lost or destroyed).
- Woman Being Attacked by a Buffalo, by Spero Anargyros, west pediment, California State Capitol, 1981–82. Recreation of Pietro Mezzara's 1873 statue (lost or destroyed).
- Salinas
- Bas-reliefs, by Jo Mora, Monterey County Courthouse, 1937.
- San Diego
- El Cid, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Balboa Park, 1923–30.
- Youth Taming the Wild (Horse Trainer), by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Balboa Park, 1927, this cast ca. 1930–34.
- L'Idea del Cavaliere, by Marino Marini, San Diego Museum of Art, 1955.
- El Charro, by Juan Fernando Olaguibel, Presidio Park, 1969–70.
- San Francisco
- Billie Filly, Guerrero Park, San Jose/Guerrero/28th Streets, 2009.[4]
- California Volunteers, by Douglas Tilden, Spanish American War Memorial, Dolores & Market Streets, 1906.
- Fountain of Energy, by A. Stirling Calder, Panama–Pacific International Exposition, 1915 (demolished).
- Joan of Arc, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, ca. 1922.
- Simón Bolívar, United Nations Plaza, 1981–84. A copy after Adamo Tadolini's 1874 statue in Caracas, Venezuela.
- El Cid, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Lincoln Park (San Francisco), 1921, this cast 1927.
- Spandrel bas-reliefs, by Edgar Walter, War Memorial Opera House, 1932.
- Horse and Rider, by Beniamino Bufano, Westside Court Apartments, 1935–40.
- Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, by Julian Martinez, Justin Herman Plaza, 1967.
Colorado
- Julesburg
- Pony Express Rider, by Brenda Jean Daniher, Fort Sedgwick Museum, 2001.
- Trinidad
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
See also: Outdoor sculpture in Washington, D.C..
- Andrew Jackson, by Clark Mills, Lafayette Square, 1852. The oldest equestrian statue in Washington, DC.
- Lieutenant General George Washington, by Clark Mills, Washington Circle, 1860.
- Brevet Lt. General Winfield Scott, by Henry Kirke Brown, Scott Circle, 1874.
- General James B. McPherson, by Louis Rebisso, McPherson Square, 1876.
- General Nathanael Greene, by Henry Kirke Brown, Stanton Square, 1877.
- Major General George Henry Thomas, by John Quincy Adams Ward, Thomas Circle, 1878–79.
- Major General John A. Logan, by Franklin Simmons, Logan Circle, 1893.
- General Winfield Scott Hancock by Henry Jackson Ellicott, 1896
- General William Tesumseh Sherman, by Carl Rohl-Smith, General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument, President's Park, 1898–1903.
- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, west side of the U.S. Capitol, 1902–22:
- Major General George B. McClellan, by Frederick William MacMonnies, Connecticut Avenue, 1907.
- Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan, by Gutzon Borglum, Sheridan Circle, 1908.
- Brigadier General Count Casimir Pulaski, by Kazimierz Chodziński, Freedom Plaza, 1910.
- General Simón Bolívar, by Emile Antoine Bourdelle, Courtyard of the Organization of American States Building, 1914, this cast 1984.
- Reverend Francis Asbury, by Augustus Lukeman, 16th & Mount Pleasant Streets NW, 1921.
- Joan of Arc, by Paul DuBois, Meridian Hill Park, 1922.
- General Jose de San Martin Memorial, by Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Foggy Bottom, 1924.
- The Arts of War: Sacrifice, by Leo Friedlander, Arlington Memorial Bridge, 1929–51.
- The Arts of War: Valor, by Leo Friedlander, Arlington Memorial Bridge, 1929–51.
- Reverend John Wesley, by Arthur George Walker, Wesley Theological Seminary, 1932, this cast 1961.
- General George Washington, by Herbert Haseltine, Washington National Cathedral grounds, 1959.[5] Washington is seated astride Haseltine's 1934 statue of the racehorse Man o' War.
- General Simón Bolívar, by Felix de Weldon, 18th Street at Virginia Avenue, 1959.
- General Bernardo de Gálvez, by Juan de Ávalos, near the State Department, 1976.
- Colonel Michael Kovats de Fabriczy, by Paul Takacs, Embassy of the Republic of Hungary, 2003.
Florida
- Jacksonville General Andrew Jackson Reviewing the Troops, by Bob Springer, Jacksonville Landing, 1987. A copy after Clark Mills's 1853 statue in Washington, DC.
- Miami Beach
- End of the Trail (The Great Spirit), by Ettore Pellegatta, Pinetree & Flamingo Drives, 1923–24.
- Pine Island Ridge
- Major William Lauderdale, by Luis Montoya, Pine Island Road, 1988.
Georgia
Idaho
- Kellogg
- St. George and the Dragon, by David Ray Dose, Hill Street, 1988.
- Lewiston
- Indian Summer 1974, by Don D. Joslyn, Nez Perce County Courthouse, 1974.
Illinois
- Chicago
- General Ulysses S. Grant, by Louis Rebisso, Lincoln Park, 1891.
- Signal of Peace, by Cyrus Dallin, Lincoln Park, 1894.
- General John A. Logan, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Logan) and Alexander Phimister Proctor (horse), Grant Park (Chicago), 1897.
- Thaddeus Kosciuszko, by Kasmir Chodzinski, Burnham Park (Chicago), 1904.
- George Washington Memorial, by Daniel Chester French (Washington) and Edward Clark Potter (horse), Washington Park, 1900, this cast 1903. A replica of French & Potter's statue at the Place d'Iéna in Paris, France.
- Fountain of Time, by Lorado Taft, Washington Park (Chicago park), 1920–22.
- General Philip Sheridan, by Gutzon Borglum, Lake Shore Drive at Belmont Avenue, 1923.
- The Pioneers, by James Earle Fraser, northwest pylon, Michigan Avenue Bridge, 1928.
- The Bowman and the Spearman, two statues by Ivan Meštrović, Congress Plaza, 1928.
- Thomas Masaryk Memorial, by Albin Polasek, Hyde Park, Chicago, 1941.
Cavalry Group, by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, 1883.
Indiana
Iowa
- Keokuk
- Samuel Ryan Curtis Memorial, unknown artist, Victory Park, 1898.
Kansas
- Maryville
- Pony Express Rider, by Richard Bergen, 1985
Kentucky
Louisiana
- New Orleans
- Andrew Jackson, by Clark Mills, Jackson Square, 1856.
- Army of Tennessee – Louisiana Division (Albert Sidney Johnston), by Alexander Doyle, Metairie Cemetery, 1877.
- P.G.T. Beauregard Monument, by Alexander Doyle, City Park (New Orleans), 1915.
- Bernardo de Galvez, by Juan de Ávalos, International Trade Mart, 1976–77. A replica of de Ávalos's statue in Washington, DC.
Maryland
- Baltimore
- John Eager Howard Monument, by Emmanuel Frémiet, Mount Vernon Place, 1904.
- Lafayette Monument, by Andrew O'Connor, Mount Vernon Place, 1924.
- Lee-Jackson Monument, by Laura Gardin Fraser, Wyman Park, 1935–48.
- Pulaski Monument, by Hans Schuler, Patterson Park, 1942–51.
Massachusetts
- Boston
- George Washington, by Thomas Ball, Public Garden (Boston), 1869
- Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Boston Common, 1884
- General Joseph Hooker, by Daniel Chester French (Hooker) and Edward Clark Potter (horse), Massachusetts Statehouse, 1903
- Appeal to the Great Spirit, by Cyrus Dallin, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1908
- Paul Revere, by Cyrus Dallin, Paul Revere Plaza, North End, Boston, 1940.
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- Fall River
- Lafayette by Ettore and Arnaldo Zucchi, Lafayette Park, 1916
Michigan
- Midland
- Abraham Lincoln Equestrian Monument (Young Abe Lincoln), by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Northwood Institute, Midland, 1961, this casting 1963.
George Armstrong Custer-Monroe.
Abraham Lincoln, Adrian College Library, same as the Northwood Lincoln, but much smaller.
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
- Independence Andrew Jackson, by Charles Keck, Independence Square Courthouse, 1934, this cast 1949. It is a smaller edition of Keck's statue in Kansas City, Missouri.
- Kansas City
- George Washington at Valley Forge, by Henry Shrady, Washington Park, 1906, this cast 1925. A replica of Shrady's statue in Brooklyn, New York City.
- J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain, by Henri-Léon Gréber, Country Club Plaza, 1910. Relocated in the 1950s from Harbor Hill in Roslyn, New York. The four equestrian statues may be allegorical figures of major rivers, with the Native American rider representing the Mississippi River.
- The Scout, by Cyrus Dallin, Penn Valley Park, overlooking Downtown Kansas City, 1915.
- Pioneer Mother, Alexander Phimister Proctor, Penn Valley Park, 1923.
- Andrew Jackson by Charles Keck, Jackson County Courthouse, 1934.
- The Wagon Master, by Gus Shafer, Intercontinental Hotel, 1973.
- St. Louis
- Apotheosis of St. Louis, by Charles Henry Niehaus, Saint Louis Art Museum, 1903.
- General Franz Sigel, by Robert Cauer, Forest Park, 1906.
- Monument to Camp Jackson (General Nathaniel Lyon), by Erhardt Siebert, Lyon Park, 1929.
- Courage, Sacrifice, Loyalty, Vision, by Walker Hancock, Soldiers' Memorial, 1938–39.
Montana
- Billings
- 7th Cavalry Guidon Trooper, by Lyndon Fayne Pomeroy, KTVQ, 1978.
- Bozeman
- Pioneer Nelson Story, by Jim Dolan, Lindley Park, 1984.
- Conrad
- The Cowboy, by Jim Dolan, Conrad High School, ca. 1983.
- Helena
- Thomas Francis Meagher, by Charles J. Mulligan, in front of Montana State Capitol, 1904–05.
- Miles City
- Horse and Rider, by Leo L. Olson, Custer County High School, 1971.
- Wolf Point
- Homage to the Pioneers, by Floyd Tennyson DeWitt, Main Street, 1976
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- George III (destroyed), by Joseph Winton, raised in Bowling Green Park, 1770; melted down for musket balls, 1776. The statue's base and tail survive at the New York Historical Society.
- George Washington, by Henry Kirke Brown and John Quincy Adams Ward, Union Square, 1856.
- General William Tecumseh Sherman, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Central Park, Fifth Avenue at 59th Street, 1903.
- Franz Sigel, by Karl Bitter, Riverside Park at 106th Street, 1907.
- Joan of Arc, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Riverside Park at 93rd Street, 1915.
- Simón Bolívar, by Sally James Farnham, Central Park South at Avenue of the Americas, 1921.
- El Cid, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Hispanic Society of America, 1927.
- King Jagiello Monument, by Stanislaw Kazimierz Ostowski, Central Park, pre-1939.
- Theodore Roosevelt, by James Earle Fraser, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, 1940.
- Don Quichote, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Hispanic Society of America, 1942.
- Peace, by Antun Augustinčić, United Nations Gardens, 1954.
- José Martí, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Central Park, 1965.
- Brooklyn
- Bas-relief of Abraham Lincoln, by William R. O'Donovan (Lincoln) and Thomas Eakins (horse), Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, Grand Army Plaza, 1892.
- Bas-relief of Ulysses S. Grant, by William R. O'Donovan (Grant) and Thomas Eakins (horse), Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, Grand Army Plaza, 1892.
- Columbia (Quadriga), by Frederick MacMonnies, Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, Grand Army Plaza, 1894–98.
- General Grant, by William Ordway Partridge, Grant Square, 1896.
- The Horse Tamers, by Frederick MacMonnies, Prospect Park, 1899.
- General Henry Warner Slocum, by Frederick MacMonnies, Grand Army Plaza, 1905.
- Washington at Valley Forge, by Henry Shrady, Continental Army Plaza, 1906.
- Oyster Bay
- Theodore Roosevelt, by Alexander Phimister Proctor, Berry Hill Road & South Street, 1921, this cast 2005. A replica of Proctor's statue in Portland, Oregon.
- Syracuse
- General Gustavus Sniper, by Frederick Moynihan, Schlosser Park, 1904–05.
- Bas-relief panels of The Call to Arms and Mending the Flag, by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Clinton Square, 1909–10.
- Young Abe Lincoln, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Syracuse University, 1961, this cast 1963.
North Carolina
North Dakota
- Bismarck
- Theodore Roosevelt, by Alexander Phimister Proctor, State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1922. The full-size plaster model for Proctor's statues in Portland, Oregon and Minot, North Dakota.
- Mandan
- Theodore Roosevelt, by Alexander Phimister Proctor, 3rd Avenue & Main Street, 1924. A smaller version of Proctor's statue in Portland, Oregon.
- Minot
- Theodore Roosevelt, by Alexander Phimister Proctor, Roosevelt Park, 1922, this cast 1924. A replica of Proctor's statue in Portland, Oregon.
- Regent
- Theodore Roosevelt Rides Again, by Gary Greff, Enchanted Highway, Regency-Gladstone Road, 1993. A 51-foot-tall cartoon outlined in metal pipe depicting Roosevelt astride a rearing horse.
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Gettysburg
- Discovering the Enemy, 9th New York Cavalry Monument, by Caspar Buberl, 1888.
- 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument, by Smith Granite Company, 1889.
- 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument, by J.M. Gessler, ca. 1890.
- Major-General Meade, by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, Cemetery Ridge, 1896.
- General Winfield Scott Hancock, by Frank Edwin Ellwell, Cemetery Hill, 1896.
- Major-General Slocum, by Edward Clark Potter, Steven's Knoll, Gettysburg Battlefield 1898.
- General John F. Reynolds, by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, Gettysburg Battlefield, 1898–99.
- General John Sedgwick, by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, Gettysburg Battlefield, 1910–13.
- Major-General Robert E. Lee atop Virginia State Monument, by Frederick William Sievers, 1917.
- General Oliver O. Howard, by Robert Aitken, Gettysburg Battlefield, 1932.
- Philadelphia
- The Amazon, by August Kiss, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1837, this cast 1929.
- The Lion Fighter, by Albert Wolff, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1858.
- Pegasus (pair of statues), by Vincent Pilz, Memorial Hall, ca. 1863. Rejected for the Vienna State Operahouse, they were installed in Philadelphia in 1876.
- General John Fulton Reynolds, by John Rogers, Philadelphia City Hall, 1884.
- General George Gordon Meade, by Alexander Milne Calder, Philadelphia City Hall, 1887.
- Joan of Arc, by Emmanuel Frémiet, Fairmount Park, 1890.
- General George B. McClellan, by Henry Jackson Ellicott, Philadelphia City Hall, 1894.
- Washington Monument, by Rudolf Siemering, Eakins Oval, 1897.
- General Ulysses S. Grant, by Daniel Chester French (Grant) and Edward Clark Potter (horse), Fairmount Park, 1897.
- The Medicine Man, by Cyrus Dallin, Fairmount Park, 1899.
- Cowboy, by Frederic Remington, Fairmount Park, 1908.
- General Winfield Scott Hancock, by John Quincy Adams Ward, Smith Memorial Arch, 1910.
- General George B. McClellan, by Edward Clark Potter, Smith Memorial Arch, 1912.
- General Anthony Wayne, by John Gregory, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1937.
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- Columbia
- Wade Hampton III, by Frederick W. Ruckstull, South Carolina State House, 1903–06.
- The Torch Bearers, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Wardlaw College of Education, University of South Carolina, 1953, this cast 1963–65.
- The Boy of The Waxhaws (Andrew Jackson), by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Garrett Gardens, Columbia College, 1967.
- Lancaster
- Murrells Inlet
- Youth Taming the Wild, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Brookgreen Gardens, 1927.
- Riders of the Dawn, by Adolph A. Weinman, Brookgreen Gardens, ca. 1942.
- Don Quichote, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Brookgreen Gardens, 1946–47.
- Pegasus, by Laura Gardin Fraser, Brookgreen Gardens, 1946–54.
- Fighting Stallions, by Anna Hyatt Huntington, Brookgreen Gardens, 1950.
- Sancho Panza, by Carl Paul Jennewein, Brookgreen Gardens, 1971.
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
- Ballinger
- Spirit of the Texas Cowboy (1917–19), by Pompeo Coppini, Charles H. Noyes Memorial, Courthouse Square.
- Clifton
- On the Banks of the Bosque (2007), by Bruce R. Greene, Heritage Plaza.
- Hunt
- Forever We'll Ride (2009), by Bruce R. Greene, Tejas Vanqueros Campground.
- Lubbock
- Terlinga
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
- Charleston
- Henry Gassaway Davis, by Louis Saint-Lanne, Davis Park, 1926.
- Clarksburg "Stonewall" Jackson, by Charles Keck, Harrison County Courthouse, 1921, this cast 1953. A replica of Keck's statue in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Wisconsin
Wyoming
- Casper
- Lieutenant Caspar W. Collins, by Pershing Geiger, Casper Events Center, 1981.
- Cody
- John Jeremiah "Liver-Eating" Johnston, by Peter M. Fillerup, Old Trail Town, ca. 1974.
- Jackson
- Cowboy, by Bud Boller, George Washington Memorial Park, 1976.
Notes and References
- Web site: Lariat Cowboy, (Sculpture).
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- News: Oaklawn Park unveiling sculpture of 2015 Triple Crown winner. USA TODAY. 2018-01-11. en.
- Web site: Home . shiftdesignstudio.com.
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_118/1285296456/ Haseltine's Washington
- Web site: General Philip Henry Sheridan Memorial . Visit the Empire State Plaza & New York State Capitol . New York State . 2 July 2022.
- Web site: Van Tilburg . Kees . Philip H. Sheridan . Equestrian Statues . 6 April 2016 . 2 July 2022.
- http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=X4L56U7973915.2896&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!16623~!4&ri=1&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=hanover+pennsylvania&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=1 The Sentry
- http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/March-2012/The-Green-Knight-Rises/ The Green Knight Rises, Pittsburgh Magazine, March 2012
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-25-op-rodriguez25-story.html El Paso confronts its messy past – Los Angeles Times
- Little, Carol Morris, ‘’A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas’’, University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas 1996 p. 320
