Indian and the Puritan

Indian and the Puritan
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	Opposite 5 Washington Street(Newark Public Library), Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°44′38″N 74°10′13″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1916 (1916)
Architect	Gutzon Borglum
MPS	Public Sculpture in Newark MPS
NRHP reference No.	94001256[1]
NJRHP No.	1273[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 28, 1994
Designated NJRHP	September 13, 1994

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 Washington Park of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey.^[3] 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.^[4]

History and description

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Other sculptures by Borglum in Newark are: Seated Lincoln (1911), First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark (1916), and Wars of America (1926).^[5]

See also

• List of public art in Newark, New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#94001256)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Essex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 22, 2021. p. 18.
3. "The Indian and the Puritan, (sculpture)". Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
4. Zakalak, Ulana D. (April 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Indian and the Puritan". National Park Service. With accompanying 6 photos
5. Zakalak, Ulana D. (April 13, 1994). "Public Sculpture in Newark, New Jersey". National Park Service.

External links

• Media related to Indian and the Puritan at Wikimedia Commons