This is a list of public art in Ward 4 of Washington, D.C.
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.
Title | Artist | Year | Location/GPS Coordinates | Material | Dimensions | Owner | Image |
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Fort Stevens Monument and Marker | J. Otto Schweizer | 1920 | Fort Stevens | Metal & Stone | Relief: 18 × 24 × 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 57 × 37 × 41 in. | Fort Stevens[1] | |
Faces Carved on Tree Trunks | Carter Barron Amphitheatre | Tree Trunk | Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 3 in. × 5 ft. 7 in. × 7 ft. | United States Department of the Interior[2] | |||
Major Walter Reed Memorial | Felix de Weldon | 1966 | Walter Reed Medical Center, Building 1 | Bronze & Marble | Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 15 ft. Pylon: approx. H. 25 ft. | U.S. Army[3] | |
Penguin Fountain | 1935 | Walter Reed Medical Center | Concrete | Fountain: approx. H. 15 ft. W. 12 ft. Diam. 12 ft.; Basin: approx. H. 6 in. W. 50 ft. D. 3 ft. Diam. 50 ft. | U.S. Army[4] | ||
Tigers | Alexander Phimister Proctor | 1910 | Piney Branch Bridge | Bronze, Concrete & Stone | 4 tigers. Each: approx. H. 4 ft. D. 124 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. × 4 ft. 6 in. × 12 ft. | Department of Public Works[5] | |
Thompson-Harding Monument | Unknown | 1898 | Rock Creek Cemetery – Section E 38.9474°N -77.011°W | Marble & Granite | Sculpture: approx. 156 × 90 × 90 in.; Base: approx. 90 × 90 × 90 in. | Rock Creek Cemetery[6] | |
Hubbard Bell Grossman Pillot Memorial | Unknown | Rock Creek Cemetery – Section A – Lot 13 38.9477°N -77.0112°W | Marble & Granite | Rock Creek Cemetery[7] | |||
Force Memorial | Jacques Jouvenal | ca. 1868 | Rock Creek Cemetery – Section B 38.9488°N -77.0113°W | Marble | 16 ft h. | Rock Creek Cemetery[8] | |
Johnson Memorial | Unknown | Rock Creek Cemetery – Section L | Bronze & Granite | Rock Creek Cemetery[9] | |||
Houser Memorial | Unknown | Rock Creek Cemetery – Section I | Granite | Rock Creek Cemetery[10] | |||
Lenthall Monument | Unknown | ca. 1809 | Rock Creek Cemetery | Sandstone | Rock Creek Cemetery[11] | ||
Edwin B. Hay | Vinnie Ream | 1906 | Rock Creek Cemetery 38.9489°N -77.0093°W | Bronze | Sculpture: approx. 2 ft. 5 in. × 1 ft. 9 in. × 1 ft. 3 in. | Rock Creek Cemetery[12] | |
Kauffman Monument | William Ordway Partridge | ca. 1906 | Rock Creek Cemetery – Section B | Bronze | Rock Creek Cemetery[13] | ||
Goff Memorial | Jules Déchin | 1922 | Rock Creek Cemetery – Section L, Lot 139 | Bronze & Granite | Rock Creek Cemetery[14] | ||
Hardon Monument | McMenamin | 1893 | Rock Creek Cemetery – Section I 38.9486°N -77.0097°W | Marble | Rock Creek Cemetery[15] | ||
Sherwood Mausoleum Door | 1928 | Rock Creek Cemetery38.9467°N -77.0131°W | Bronze | Door: approx. 80 × 40½ × 4 in. | Rock Creek Cemetery[16] | ||
Frederick Keep Monument | James Earle Fraser | 1920 | Rock Creek Cemetery – Section A 38.9468°N -77.0118°W | Bronze, Granite | Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. × 5 in. 3 ft. 5 in. 1 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. 5 in. × 8 ft. 11 in. × 5 ft. | Rock Creek Cemetery[17] | |
Hitt Memorial | Laura Gardin Fraser | 1931 | Rock Creek Cemetery | Bronze, Granite | Overall: approx. 62 × 134 × 28 in. Center plaque: approx. 38 × 15 in.; Left plaque: approx. 25 × 15 in.; Right plaque: approx. 25 × 15 in. | Rock Creek Cemetery[18] | |
Rabboni | Gutzon Borglum | 1909 | Rock Creek Cemetery 38.9484°N -77.0112°W | Bronze, Granite | Sculpture: approx. 75 × 37 × 37 in.; Base: approx. 88 × 74 × 16 in. | Rock Creek Cemetery[19] | |
Adams Memorial | Augustus Saint-Gaudens | 1891 | Rock Creek Cemetery – Section E38.9475°N -77.0117°W | Bronze, Granite | Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 10 in. × 3 ft. × 3 ft. 10 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 7 in. × 5 ft. × 3 ft. 10 in. | Rock Creek Cemetery[20] | |
Heurich Mausoleum | Louis Amateis | ca. 1895 | Rock Creek Cemetery – Section 3038.9475°N -77.0117°W | Bronze, Granite | Each Caryatid: approx. 8 ft. × 3 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. 3 in.; Mausoleum: approx. 15 × 22 × 16 ft. | Rock Creek Cemetery[21] | |
The Reverend Godfrey Schilling | Frederick Charles Shrady | 1955 | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery | Bronze & Marble | Sculpture: approx. 8 × 2 × 2 ft.; Base: approx. 4 × 3 × 3 ft. | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery[22] | |
St. Michael | John Joseph Earley | ca. 1924 | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery | Cast stone | Approx. H. 4½ ft. × W. 2 ft. | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery[23] | |
St. Christopher | John Joseph Earley | ca. 1924 | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery | Cast stone | Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. × 40 in. × 40 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. × 48 in. × 48 in. | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery[24] | |
St. Bernadette | Mary E. Lynch | 1958 | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery | Marble | Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft. × W. 2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 6 in. × W. 2 ft. | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery[25] | |
St. Francis and the Turtle Doves | Porfirio Rosignoli | ca. 1924 | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery | Bronze, Stone & Concrete | Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. × 40 in. × 40 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. × 48 in. × 48 in. | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery[26] | |
St. Bernardine | John Joseph Earley | ca. 1924 | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery | Cast stone | Approx. H. 4½ ft. × W. 2 ft. | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery[27] | |
Stations of the Cross | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery | Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery[28] | |||||
Together We Live, Together We Rise | Jerome Meadows | 2004 | Elms Church Terrell Park38.9494°N -77.0294°W | [29] | |||