| The Scout | |
| Other Title 1: | The Ideal Scout |
| Artist: | R. Tait McKenzie |
| Medium: | Metal sculpture |
| Height Imperial: | 70 |
| Width Imperial: | 26 |
| Length Imperial: | 19 |
| Metric Unit: | m |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | Portland, Oregon |
| Coordinates: | 45.5073°N -122.6781°W |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
| Owner: | Boy Scouts of America, Columbia Pacific Council |
The Scout is a copy of sculptor R. Tait McKenzie's The Ideal Scout,[1] installed outside the offices of Boy Scouts of America's Columbia Pacific Council, at 2145 Southwest Front Street, in Portland, Oregon.
According to the Smithsonian Institution, the statue is a "Full-length figure of an adolescent boy in the traditional Boy Scout uniform of shirt, scarf, shorts, knee socks and laced ankle-high shoes. He holds a hat over his chest with his proper right hand."[2] The metal statue measures appropriately 70 x 26 x 19 inches, and rests on a trapezoid-shaped base with a width of approximately 52 inches and a diameter of approximately 55 inches.[2]
The Portland cast was gifted by the council's former president, Zenon C.R. Hansen, and dedicated in 1972. It was surveyed as part of Smithsonian's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.[2]