List of public art in Vigo County, Indiana

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This is a list of public art in Vigo County, Indiana.

This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

Most of the works mentioned are sculptures. When this is not the case (i.e. sound installation, for example) it is stated next to the title.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

Title Artist Year Location/GPS Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner Image
All Human Activities Result from the Conservation of Trees Joanna Przybyla 1992 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Beech, other woods, steel staples Sculpture approx. H. 15 ft. x Diam. 6 ft. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College[1]
Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes Unknown 1918-1928 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Marble Mary: approx. 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 ft.; Bernadette: approx. 2 1/2 x 1 x 1 1/2 ft.; Grotto: approx. 25 x 75 x 8 ft. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College[2]
Our Lady of Fatima L. N. Daleiden Company 1954 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Marble Mary: approx. 8 x 3 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 2 x 2 ft.; Tallest child: approx. 3 x 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Sheep: approx. 1 1/2 x 1 x 2 ft. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College[3]
Return to the East John David Mooney 1976 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Painted steel Approx. 8 x 23 x 7 ft. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College[4]
St. Mary of the Woods Adolph Wolter 1965 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Limestone Approx. 20 ft. x 5 ft. x 7 in. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College[5]
Way of the Cross Frederick Pustet & Company 1938 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Metal 14 parts. Each: approx. 6 x 4 x 2 ft. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College[6]

Terre Haute

Title Artist Year Location/GPS Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner Image
Call of the Sea Harriet Whitney Frishmuth 1924 Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology Bronze Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. 7 in. x 19 in. x 29 in. Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology[7]
Chauncey Rose Memorial Miller & Yeager 1885 Fairbanks Park39°27′36.09″N 87°25′3.62″W / 39.4600250°N 87.4176722°W / 39.4600250; -87.4176722 Stone 2 units. Each sculpture: approx. 4 x 12 x 2 ft.; Structure: approx. 40 x 41 x 19 ft. City of Terre Haute[8]
Lions John Eberson 1915 Hippodrome Theatre39°27′55″N 87°24′21″W / 39.46528°N 87.40583°W / 39.46528; -87.40583 Concrete Large roundels, approx. Diam. 2 1/2 ft.; Small roundels: approx. Diam. 1 1/2 ft. [9]
Prometheus John L. Laska 1963 Indiana State University, Science Building39°28′14.46″N 87°24′35.67″W / 39.4706833°N 87.4099083°W / 39.4706833; -87.4099083 Reinforced concrete Approx. 87 x 46 x 20 in. Indiana State University[10]
Bas-Relief on St. Joseph Parish Center Unknown 1888 St. Joseph University Parish39°27′53.38″N 87°24′41.28″W / 39.4648278°N 87.4114667°W / 39.4648278; -87.4114667 Limestone Approx. 14 ft. x 18 ft. x 7 in. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis[11]
Sculpted Architectural Features of Reeve Hall Unknown 1924 Indiana State University, Reeve Hall Limestone Indiana State University[12]
Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church Unknown ca. 1900 St. Joseph University Parish Stone Approx. 5 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. x 2 ft. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis[13]
Soldiers and Sailors Monument Rudolf Schwarz 1910 Vigo County Courthouse39°27′59″N 87°24′51.07″W / 39.46639°N 87.4141861°W / 39.46639; -87.4141861 Bronze 5 figures. Flagbearer: approx. 11 x 3 x 3 ft.; Four lower figures: each approx. 6 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. Vigo County Commissioners[14]
Terminal Arcade Facades J.W. Quayle and Fred Elder 1911-1912 Terminal Arcade 39°28′0.40″N 87°24′17.97″W / 39.4667778°N 87.4049917°W / 39.4667778; -87.4049917 Limestone and granite Overall facade: approx. 35 ft. x 45 ft. x 10 in. [15]
Tootootch Huston Isaacs & Charles Eggleston 1938 Vigo County Historical Society 39°27′7.94″N 87°24′36.42″W / 39.4522056°N 87.4101167°W / 39.4522056; -87.4101167 White pine & Paint Sculpture: approx. 20 x 7 x 2 1/2 ft. Vigo County Historical Society[16]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Robert Crotty, Jr. 1988 Vigo County Courthouse39°27′59″N 87°24′51.07″W / 39.46639°N 87.4141861°W / 39.46639; -87.4141861 Limestone Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 8 in. Vigo County Commissioners[17]
Vigo County Courthouse Ornamentation Samuel Hannaford 1888 Vigo County Courthouse39°27′59″N 87°24′51.07″W / 39.46639°N 87.4141861°W / 39.46639; -87.4141861 Indiana limestone 4 reliefs. Each relief: approx. D. 8 in. x Diam. 5 ft. Vigo County Commissioners[18]

West Terre Haute

Title Artist Year Location/GPS Coordinates Material Dimensions Owner Image
Sheets Monument W.S. Evans 1880s Sheets Cemetery Limestone Approx. 15 x 3 x 3 ft. Darwin Road Cemetery Association[19]

Notes

  1. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "All Human Activities Result from the Conservation of Trees, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Our Lady of Fatima, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Return to the East, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "St. Mary of the Woods, (sculpture), (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Way of the Cross, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  7. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Call of the Sea". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  8. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Chauncey Rose Memoriala". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "(Lions on Hippodrome Theater), (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  10. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Prometheus, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  11. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "(Bas-Relief on St. Joseph Parish Center), (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  12. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Sculpted Architectural Features of Reeve Hall". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  14. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Soldiers and Sailors Monument". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  15. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Terminal Arcade Facades, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  16. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Tootootch, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  17. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "(Vietnam Veterans Memorial), (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  18. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "(Vigo County Courthouse Ornamentation), (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  19. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Sheets Monument, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
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