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List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 4

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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
Fort Stevens Monument and Marker J. Otto Schweizer 1920 Fort Stevens Metal & Stone Relief: approx. 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°56′50.47″N 77°0′39.77″W / 38.9473528°N 77.0110472°W / 38.9473528; -77.0110472 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°56′51.58″N 77°0′40.2″W / 38.9476611°N 77.011167°W / 38.9476611; -77.011167 Marble & Granite Rock Creek Cemetery[7]
Force Memorial Jacques Jouvenal ca. 1868 Rock Creek Cemetery – Section B 38°56′55.67″N 77°0′40.7″W / 38.9487972°N 77.011306°W / 38.9487972; -77.011306 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°56′56.03″N 77°0′33.36″W / 38.9488972°N 77.0092667°W / 38.9488972; -77.0092667 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]
Gaff 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°56′54.84″N 77°0′34.98″W / 38.9485667°N 77.0097167°W / 38.9485667; -77.0097167 Marble Rock Creek Cemetery[15]
Sherwood Mausoleum Door 1928 Rock Creek Cemetery

38°56′48″N 77°0′47″W / 38.94667°N 77.01306°W / 38.94667; -77.01306

Bronze Door: approx. 80 × 40½ × 4 in. Rock Creek Cemetery[16]
Frederick Keep Monument James Earle Fraser 1920 Rock Creek Cemetery – Section A 38°56′48.63″N 77°0′42.32″W / 38.9468417°N 77.0117556°W / 38.9468417; -77.0117556 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°56′54.1″N 77°0′40.24″W / 38.948361°N 77.0111778°W / 38.948361; -77.0111778 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 E

38°56′51″N 77°0′42″W / 38.94750°N 77.01167°W / 38.94750; -77.01167

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 30

38°56′51″N 77°0′42″W / 38.94750°N 77.01167°W / 38.94750; -77.01167

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 Park

38°56′58″N 77°1′46″W / 38.94944°N 77.02944°W / 38.94944; -77.02944

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