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.

Statues over 12.2 m (40 ft)

Statue	Height		Image	Sculptor	Completed	Location	Coordinates	Materials	Notes
	m	ft
Statue of Liberty Liberty Enlightening the World	46	151		Frédéric Bartholdi	1886	Liberty Island, New York Harbor	40°41′21″N 74°02′40″W / 40.6892°N 74.0445°W	cast copper on metal armature	Stands upon a 47 m (154 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 93 m (305 ft)[1] The interior framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel.
Pegasus and Dragon	33.5	110		Mark Kara (designer) Stark Engineers[2] Strassacker Art Foundry[3]	2014	Gulfstream Park Racetrack and Casino, Hallandale Beach, Florida	25°58′56″N 80°08′26″W / 25.982155°N 80.140495°W	bronze	Pegasus is 33.4 m (110 ft) in height. The dragon is 15.2 m (50 ft) in height Live webcam of the sculpture.
Our Lady of the Rockies	27	88.6		Laurien Eugene Riehl (designer)	1985	Butte, Montana	46°0′1.7″N 112°26′46.58″W / 46.000472°N 112.4462722°W	concrete base; stainless steel statue	Stands upon a 1.5 m (5 ft) base Total monument height: 28.5 m (93.6 ft)[4]
Golden Driller[5]	23	75			1953	Tulsa Expo Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma	36°08′01″N 95°55′52″W / 36.133638°N 95.931158°W	cast concrete and plaster
Tuong Phat Quan Am	21.94	72		Mai Chi Kim[6]	1998	Chua Viet Nam, Sugarland, Texas	29°40′15″N 95°37′03″W / 29.670853°N 95.617491°W	cast concrete
Brachiosaurus Mother and Baby	21.34	70		Gary Staab	2009	Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana	39°48′39″N 86°9′27″W / 39.81083°N 86.15750°W	fiberglass
United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial)	20.7	68		Felix de Weldon	1954	Arlington Ridge Park, Arlington, Virginia	38°53′25.7″N 77°04′10.85″W / 38.890472°N 77.0696806°W	bronze	Stands upon a 3 m (10 ft) base. Total monument height: 23.7 m (78 ft)[7] View with Washington, D.C. in the distance.
Giraffe[8]	20.6	67.6		Bob Cassilly[9]	1997	Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas	32°44′38″N 96°48′52″W / 32.74389°N 96.81444°W	bronze and plexiglass
A Tribute to Courage (Sam Houston statue)	20.5	67		David Adickes	1994	Huntsville, Texas	30°39′40″N 95°30′39″W / 30.66111°N 95.51083°W	cast concrete	Stands upon a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal[10]
Christ of the Ozarks[11]	20	65.5		Emmet Sullivan	1966	Magnetic Mountain, Eureka Springs, Arkansas	36°24′24.87″N 93°43′23.41″W / 36.4069083°N 93.7231694°W	cast concrete
Lucy the Elephant	19.7	65		James V. Lafferty, designer	1881	Margate City, New Jersey	39°19′14.33″N 74°30′42.85″W / 39.3206472°N 74.5119028°W	wood, tin sheeting	Similar novelty buildings built at Coney Island, New York and Cape May, New Jersey do not survive. NRHP listed.
Brontosaurus "Dinny the Dinosaur"	19.7	65		Claude K. Bell	1978	Dinosaur Delights, Cabazon, California	33°55′12.5″N 116°46′22.25″W / 33.920139°N 116.7728472°W	concrete over a steel frame	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.[12]
Indian of Skowhegan	18.9	62	75px	Bernard Langlais	1969	Skowhegan, Maine	44°46′04″N 69°43′11″W / 44.767792°N 69.719803°W	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)[13]
Vulcan	17.1	56		Giuseppe Moretti	1904	Red Mountain, Birmingham, Alabama	33°29′30.18″N 86°47′43.86″W / 33.4917167°N 86.7955167°W	cast iron	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)[14]
Hiawatha	15.8	52		Gordon Displays	1964	Hiawatha Park, Ironwood, Michigan	46°26′59″N 90°09′44″W / 46.449709°N 90.162152°W	fiberglass	Stands upon a 0.8 m (2.5 ft) base Total monument height: 16.6 m (54.5 ft)[15]
Lux Mundi Light of the World	15.8	52		Tom Tsuchiya	2012	Solid Rock Church, Monroe, Ohio	39°27′13.78″N 84°19′35.37″W / 39.4538278°N 84.3264917°W	polymer, composite, steel
Jolly Green Giant	15.2	50		Creative Displays F.A.S.T. Corp.	1979	Blue Earth, Minnesota	43°39′02″N 94°5′46″W / 43.65056°N 94.09611°W	fiberglass	Stands upon a 1.7 m (5.5 ft) base Total monument height: 16.9 m (55.5 ft)[16]
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox	15	49.2		Ward Berg	Bunyan 1961 Babe 1950	Trees of Mystery, Klamath, California	41°35′4.1″N 124°5′8.83″W / 41.584472°N 124.0857861°W	wood, chicken wire, stucco	Replaced a 1946 Bunyan statue by Ray & William Thompson.[17] Based on a model by Ann Cooper.[18]
Black Hawk Statue The Eternal Indian	14.6	48		Lorado Taft	1911	Lowden State Park, near Oregon, Illinois	42°2′03″N 89°19′59″W / 42.03417°N 89.33306°W	concrete
Hammering Man	14.6	48		Lippincott, Inc.	1991	Seattle Art Museum, Washington, Seattle	(47°36′25.31″N 122°20′17.20″W / 47.6070306°N 122.3381111°W)	steel	[19]
Atlas	13.7	45		Lee Lawrie	1937	Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City	40°45′32.12″N 73°58′37.84″W / 40.7589222°N 73.9771778°W	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		Blackbear Bosin	1974	Mid-America All-Indian Center, Wichita, Kansas	37°41′29″N 97°20′59″W / 37.69139°N 97.34972°W	Cor-Ten steel	Stands upon a 9.1 m (30 ft) rock promontory
Rocket Thrower	12.95	42.5		Donald De Lue	1964	Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City	40°44′51″N 73°50′32″W / 40.7474°N 73.8421°W	bronze	Created for the 1964 New York World's Fair[20]
Athena Parthenos Athena of the Parthenon	12.8	42		Alan LeQuire	1990	Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee	36°08′59″N 86°48′49″W / 36.14972°N 86.81361°W	composite of gypsum cement and fiberglass	Tallest indoor statue in United States.

Statues between 6.1 and 12.2 m (20 and 40 ft)

Statue	Height		Image	Sculptor	Completed	Location	Coordinates	Materials	Notes
	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)[21] 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)[22] Restored in 2011[23]
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)[24] 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)[25]
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.[26]
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[27] 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)[28]
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.[29]
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.[30]
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)
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[31]	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)[32]
Unconditional Surrender	7.6	25		Seward Johnson	2007	San Diego, California		a 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)[33]
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[34] 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.[35]
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.[36]
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)[37]
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)[38]

Statues under 6.1 m (20 ft)

Statue	Height		Image	Sculptor	Completed	Location	Coordinates	Materials	Notes
	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.
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)[39]
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.
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)[40]
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)[41] 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)[42]
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)[43]
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).[44]
Superman	4.87[45]	16[45]		Unknown	1993[46]	Metropolis, Illinois	37°08′46″N 88°44′08″W / 37.1460999°N 88.7355066°W	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.[47]
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 (28 ft) pedestal. Total monument height: 12.8 m (42 ft)[48]
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)[49] 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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