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List of public art in Worcester, Massachusetts

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This is a list of public art in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals, and mosaics.

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Wikidata Notes

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1898 Wheaton Square

42°16′23″N 71°48′1.5″W / 42.27306°N 71.800417°W / 42.27306; -71.800417 (1898)
1917 Andrew O'Connor Statue Bronze [1]

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Bigelow Monument Worcester City Hall and Common

42°15′44″N 71°48′2″W / 42.26222°N 71.80056°W / 42.26222; -71.80056 (Bigelow Monument)
1861 George Snell Monument Granite
Marble

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Burnside Fountain Worcester City Hall and Common

42°15′41.3″N 71°48′0.82″W / 42.261472°N 71.8002278°W / 42.261472; -71.8002278 (Burnside Fountain)
1912 Henry Bacon
Charles Y. Harvey
Fountain Bronze
Granite

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Equestrian statue of Charles Devens Institutional District

42°16′16″N 71°48′00″W / 42.27111°N 71.80000°W / 42.27111; -71.80000 (Equestrian statue of Charles Devens)
1906 Daniel Chester French
Edward Clark Potter
Monument Bronze
Granite

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Soldiers' Monument Worcester City Hall and Common

42°15′44″N 71°48′00″W / 42.262224°N 71.8°W / 42.262224; -71.8 (Soldiers' Monument)
1874 Randolph Rogers Monument Bronze
Granite
Statue of Christopher Columbus Union Station

42°15′42″N 71°47′41″W / 42.26167°N 71.79472°W / 42.26167; -71.79472 (Statue of Christopher Columbus)
1978 Aldo W. Gatti Statue [2]

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Statue of George Frisbie Hoar Worcester City Hall and Common

42°15′46.6″N 71°48′7″W / 42.262944°N 71.80194°W / 42.262944; -71.80194 (Statue of George Frisbie Hoar)
1908 Daniel Chester French Statue Bronze
Granite

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Statue of John V. Power Worcester City Hall and Common

42°15′44″N 71°48′7.5″W / 42.26222°N 71.802083°W / 42.26222; -71.802083 (Statue of John V. Power)
1947 Aristide Berto Cianfarani Statue Bronze
Granite

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Statue of Major Taylor Worcester Public Library

42°15′36″N 71°48′2.5″W / 42.26000°N 71.800694°W / 42.26000; -71.800694 (Statue of Major Taylor)
2008 Antonio Tobias Mendez Statue Bronze [3]
Statue of Sigmund Freud Clark University

42°15′2.5″N 71°49′22″W / 42.250694°N 71.82278°W / 42.250694; -71.82278 (Statue of Sigmund Freud)
1999 Statue Bronze Located on the university's Red Square.[4]
Tornado Memorial Quinsigamond Community College

42°18′55.5″N 71°47′46″W / 42.315417°N 71.79611°W / 42.315417; -71.79611 (Tornado Memorial)
1998 Memorial Granite Memorial to the victims of the 1953 Worcester tornado.[5]


References

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  1. ^ Soderman, Doris Flodin (1995). The Sculptors O'Connor. Gundi Publishers. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-9642863-0-6 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Barnes, George (June 23, 2020). "Christopher Columbus statue vandalized in Worcester". Telegram & Gazette. Gannett. Archived from the original on February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "Major Taylor Statue". Discover Central Massachusetts. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "Two revolutionaries in Clark's History". The Scarlet. Clark Historical Society. April 4, 2013. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ Caywood, Thomas (June 6, 2009). "Tornado memorial". Telegram & Gazette. Gannett. Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2021.