National Register of Historic Places

Indian and the Puritan

Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Listed
October 28, 1994
Type
Object
Period
Listed
Ref No.
94001256

About this property

Indian and the Puritan is a 1916 marble and bronze monument by Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, opposite 5 Washington Street, the Newark Public Library, in Harriet Tubman Square (formerly Washington Park) of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1994, as part of the Public Sculpture in Newark, New Jersey Multiple Property Submission. The monument is a 22-foot (6.7 m) bronze lamp standard featuring two carved marble sculptures, a Native American and a Puritan. The lamp standard has Newark's city seal and two inscriptions that describe the city's history. The monument was commissioned by the city to commemorate its 250th anniversary, 1666–1916. It was moved to its current location in Washington Park in 1977. Other sculptures by Borglum in Newark are: Seated Lincoln (1911), First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark (1916), and Wars of America (1926). National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey Media related to Indian and the Puritan at Wikimedia Commons

Location

Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
40.74411, -74.16978

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Indian and the Puritan was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1994.

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