List of public art in Tippecanoe County, Indiana facts for kids

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 / 40.506056; -86.844667	Granite	Overall: approx. 90 x 35 x 35 ft.; Harrison: approx. 7 1/2 x 3 x 2 ft.	National Park Service

Cairo

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 / 40.4189583; -86.8933250	Metal	Figure: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.	Tippecanoe County Commissioners
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 / 40.4192167; -86.8938083	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.
Ouabache	Richard McNeely	1976	East side of the Wabash River on the Union/Salem Streets bridge40°25′31.04″N 86°53′32.99″W / 40.4252889°N 86.8924972°W / 40.4252889; -86.8924972	Aluminum	Figure: approx. 31 ft. x 16 ft. x 5 ft. 4 in.	City of Lafayette
Tippecanoe County Courthouse	Elias Max	1882	Tippecanoe County Courthouse40°25′7″N 86°53′37″W / 40.41861°N 86.89361°W / 40.41861; -86.89361	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
Farm Family Sculpture	Linda Vanderkolk & Roy Patrick	1992	SW corner of 6th & Main 40°25'08.6"N 86°53'31.2"W	found steel	3 sculptures Approx. 6 x 6 x 4 ft.	City of Lafayette

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
Life	G. J. Busche	1956	Stewart Center	Limestone	Approx. 12 1/2 ft. x 9 ft. x 6 in.	Purdue University
Kaikoo VI	Betty Gold	1986	Purdue University	Painted cold-rolled steel	Approx. 12 1/2 x 11 x 6 ft.	Purdue University
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
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
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
Untitled	John Rietta	1973	Purdue University40°25′24.79″N 86°54′38.20″W / 40.4235528°N 86.9106111°W / 40.4235528; -86.9106111	Bronze with patina	Sculpture: approx. 26 x 29 x 30 in.	Purdue University