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| Cougar and Mountain Lion Statues |
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| Cougar Temple Hills, MD |
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| Cougar Zebulon, NC |
Cougar Cincinnati, OH |
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| Cougar Indianapolis, IN (now Greenfield, IN) |
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These Cougar statues were built for Lincoln-Mercury dealerships in the late 1960s. They are about 12 feet tall.
The Cougar in Temple Hills was on the roof of the Wilson Powell DARCARS Lincoln Mercury dealership when the first photo was taken in 2004. They were remodeling and looking to sell the statue then. Fortunately, that never happened and the Cougar is now located prominently on the corner of their lot. The fiberglass Cougar has been there since 1971. In 2012, the dealership ceased selling Lincoln Mercury cars and became a Kia dealership. The Cougar was still there in 2014. [map] The Cougar in Zebulon was originally installed on the roof of the Leith Lincoln-Mercury dealership in downtown Raleigh, NC. He is now parked on a trailer in front of what was Carolina Classic Cars. This statue still has a few whiskers left. These photos are from 2012. Later that year, the business moved to a new location and brought the Cougar along. By 2016, the dealership was gone but the Cougar was still there. [map] The Cougar in Cincinnati is located at Alford Motors. It was previously installed on the roof of Stillpass Lincoln-Mercury in Cincinnati. It had been there since around 1968. It was removed in 1988 with the plan to donate it to a school. I don't think that ever happened. Alford Motors bought the statue on eBay. [map] The Cougar in Indianapolis was installed on the roof of the Crossroads Lincoln Mercury dealership in 1974. The dealership would dress him up for the holidays. In the late 1960s, Crossroads had live cougars in their showroom. In 1977, someone shot the statue with arrows and painted blood stains on him. In 2000, when Crossroads started selling Fords, they were required to remove the Cougar. The statue was repainted and moved behind the dealership at that point. By 2006, it was moved to front of the dealership (first row, first photo). In 2009, the dealership closed and the statue was relocated to the football field at Greenfield-Central High School in Greenfield, IN (second row of photos above). The school's sports teams are known as the Cougars. [first row: first photo thanks Crawford Appleby] If you know of any other Cougar statues like these, I'd love to know about them. |
| Cougars [gone] Spokane, WA |
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| This pair of Cougars was installed inside the Spokane Transit Authority Plaza Building in 1996. The bronze statues were located in a fountain between the escalators. They were created by Ken Spiering. In 2017, the statues were removed during renovations. They will be installed outside next to a new elevator on the south side of the building. |
| Mountain Lion Kenwood, CA |
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| This bronze Mountain Lion sculpture was installed in front of Muscardini Cellars in 2023. [map] |
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