List of public art in Tippecanoe County, Indiana

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This is a list of public art in Tippecanoe 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.

Battle Ground

Title	Artist	Year	Location/GPS Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Owner	Image
Battle of Tippecanoe Monument	John H. Mahoney	1908	Tippecanoe Battlefield Park 40°30′21.8″N 86°50′40.8″W / 40.506056°N 86.844667°W	Granite	Overall: approx. 90 x 35 x 35 ft.; Harrison: approx. 7 1/2 x 3 x 2 ft.	National Park Service[1]

Cairo

Title	Artist	Year	Location/GPS Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Owner	Image
Operation Skywatch Memorial	Mary McDonald	1976		Limestone	Sculpture: approx. 6 x 4 x 3 ft.	Lawrence O'Connor?[2]

Lafayette

Title	Artist	Year	Location/GPS Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Owner	Image
Marquis de Lafayette	Lorado Taft	1887	Tippecanoe County Courthouse40°25′8.25″N 86°53′35.97″W / 40.4189583°N 86.8933250°W	Metal	Figure: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.	Tippecanoe County Commissioners[3]
Entrance Relief, Former Merchants National Bank	H. H. Waterman	1917-1918	316 Main Street40°25′9.18″N 86°53′37.71″W / 40.4192167°N 86.8938083°W	Limestone or granite	Angel figures: each approx. 9 x 9 x 1 ft.; Figure of Lafayette: approx. 3 ft. x 9 in. x 6 in.	[4]
Ouabache	Richard McNeely	1976	East side of the Wabash River on the Union/Salem Streets bridge[5]40°25′31.04″N 86°53′32.99″W / 40.4252889°N 86.8924972°W	Aluminum	Figure: approx. 31 ft. x 16 ft. x 5 ft. 4 in.	City of Lafayette[6]
Tippecanoe County Courthouse	Elias Max	1882	Tippecanoe County Courthouse40°25′7″N 86°53′37″W / 40.41861°N 86.89361°W	Zinc, paint	9 sculptures. Justice: approx. 14 x 4 x 4 ft.; Each of Four Seasons: approx. 9 1/2 x 3 x 2 ft.; Each pediment sculpture: approx. 10 x 42 x 4 ft.	Tippecanoe County Commissioners[7]

West Lafayette

Title	Artist	Year	Location/GPS Coordinates	Material	Dimensions	Owner	Image
Bear Cubs	Jon Magnus Jonson	ca. 1934	Child Development and Family Studies Building, Purdue University	Limestone	Sculpture: approx. 22 x 14 x 22 in.	Purdue University[8]
Life	G. J. Busche	1956	Stewart Center	Limestone	Approx. 12 1/2 ft. x 9 ft. x 6 in.	Purdue University[9]
Kaikoo VI	Betty Gold	1986	Purdue University	Painted cold-rolled steel	Approx. 12 1/2 x 11 x 6 ft.	Purdue University[10]
Bear Cubs	Jon Magnus Jonson	ca. 1934	Child Development and Family Studies Building, Purdue University	Limestone	Sculpture: approx. 22 x 14 x 22 in.	Purdue University[8]
Purdue Memorial Union relief figures	Frances L. Rich	1939	Purdue Memorial Union	Limestone	8 reliefs. Each sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 3 ft. x 6 in.	Purdue University[11]
The Performing Arts	Jon Magnus Jonson	1938-1940	Purdue University, Elliott Hall of Music	Limestone	6 figures. Each sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 30 in. x 20 in.	Purdue University[12]
Untitled	John Rietta	1973	Purdue University40°25′24.79″N 86°54′38.20″W / 40.4235528°N 86.9106111°W	Bronze with patina	Sculpture: approx. 26 x 29 x 30 in.	Purdue University[13]

References

1. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Battle of Tippecanoe Monument with Statue of William Henry Harrison, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
2. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Operation Skywatch Memorial, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
3. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Marquis de Lafayette, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
4. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Entrance Relief, Former Merchants National Bank, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
5. "Outdoor Art". What to do. Visit Lafayette/West Lafayette. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
6. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Ouabache". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
7. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Tippecanoe County Courthouse, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
8. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Bear Cubs, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
9. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Life, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
10. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Kaikoo VI, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
11. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Purdue Memorial Union (Relief Figures), (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
12. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "The Performing Arts, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
13. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Untitled, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 24 December 2013.