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Ohio Statues

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Akron:
Rubber Worker

Ashtabula:
Bust of Lincoln [gone]

Cambridge:
John Glenn

Mr. Redlegs
Cincinnati, OH		 Panchito
Cincinnati, OH		 Abraham Lincoln
Cincinnati, OH
Twenty-four Mr. Redlegs statues sitting on benches were installed around town in 2019 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. The statues have different eras of uniforms. For more, see this website. [map]

The statue on the right may be nicknamed Panchito. It was installed in 2024 in front of the Tequila Modern Mexican restaurant. The statue is moved inside at night and during bad weather. [map]

This 11-foot tall bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln was installed in Lytle Park in 1917. It was created by George Grey Barnard. For more, see this website. [map]

Pete Rose
Cincinnati, OH
This bronze sculpture of Pete Rose depicts the Cincinnati Reds baseball player sliding into base. It was created by Tom Tsuchiya and installed in 2017 in front of the Great American Ballpark. There are several other sculptures of baseball players here. [map]

Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Cincinnati, OH
This bronze sculpture of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus depicts the ancient Roman soldier and statesman after which Cincinnati was named. The sculpture was created by Eleftherios Karkadoulias in 1982 and given to city in 1984 and installed in Sawyer Point Park. [map]

Pinocchio
Cincinnati, OH
This 12-foot-tall bronze Pinocchio sculpture was created by Jim Dine and installed at the Cincinnati Art Museum in 2007. For more, see this website. [map]

Atlas
Cincinnati, OH		 Atlas
Columbus, OH
These Atlas statues were produced for Jack LaLanne Fitness Centers. There are still many of these statues around the country repurposed for other companies.

This statue in Cincinnati is installed inside Jungle Jim's International Market at the EastGate Mall. The barbell was added later. These statues originally held globes like the one in Columbus.

This statue in Columbus is now located on the roof of Atlas Construction. [map]

King Gambrinus
Columbus, OH		 Topiary Park
Columbus, OH
According to legend, King Gambrinus was the inventor of beer. This statue was installed in 1905 above the entrance to the August Wagner Brewery. This brewery was one of 29 located in what is now called the Brewery District. In 1975, the Columbus Dispatch newspaper bought the statue when the brewery closed and was slated for demolition. The statue was restored and put in a park near his original location. There are other Gambrinus statues in Baltimore, MD, La Crosse & Milwaukee, WI, and New Orleans, LA. [map]

Topiary Park features a topiary sculptural interpretation of Georges Seurat's painting "Un Dimanche Après-midi à l'Ile de la Grande Jatte" (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte). The figures include 54 humans, eight boats, three dogs, a monkey, and a cat. The topiary figures were created by James T. Mason in 1989. Another sculptural representation of this painting was installed in Davenport, IA. For more, see this website. [map]

More Columbus:
Arnold Schwarzenegger [map]
newsboy

Dayton:
Atlas [gone]

Chief Leatherlips
Dublin, OH
The Chief Leatherlips monument is a 12-foot-tall limestone sculpture. It was created by Ralph Helmick and installed in Scioto Park in 1990. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Lakewood:
Johnny Appleseed

Jesus [gone]
Lebanon, OH
This-62 foot-tall Jesus torso rose from behind a reflecting pool at the Solid Rock Church. The statue was made from fiberglass and styrofoam, over a metal frame. It was installed in 2003. The church referred to him as the "King of Kings" but locals nicknamed him "Touchdown Jesus", "Drowning Jesus", "Butter Jesus", and "Big J". The statue was lit at night with spotlights from below. It was visible from I-75.

In 2010, the statue was destroyed when it was struck by lightning and caught fire. In 2012, the church erected a more conventional full-body, striding statue. It is 52 feet tall. Locals refer to it as "Zombie Jesus", "Hug Me Jesus" and "Five Dollar Foot Long Jesus". For more, see this website. [map]

Lisbon:
Archer

Mansfield:
Elektro

Jacques
Marblehead, OH
This Jacques statue stood in front of the Jacques' Roast Beef in Marion, OH in the 1960s-1970s. There was an identical statue built for the Mansfield location. These statues held giant roast beef sandwiches. The Mansfield statue was removed due to violation of local sign ordinances. The statue was in pieces in a field behind a factory in Mansfield since 1972. In 2022, it was restored as a giant bobblehead statue and is installed at Buckeye Express Diner in Bellville. (1, 2, 3 [photos thanks Harold Roane])

The Marion location was damaged in a fire around 1969 and closed. By the 1980s, the statue shown above had been moved to Marblehead where his sandwich was swapped out for a pizza box. The statue became known as Big Pierre. The pizza shop is long gone. There is a Shell gas station next to him now. The statue's pizza box and hands have been missing for decades. In 2022, new hands were built for the statue. [map]

Martins Ferry:
Fat Guy

Milan:
Thomas Edison

Milton Township:
Jesus

Shawnee:
Coal Miner

Pizza Chef
St. Clairsville, OH
This Pizza Chef was installed next to Halloran's Home Pizza which opened in 1968. There was another one of these statues in Aurora, IL. These fiberglass statues may have been inspired by these Pizza Chef statues which were mass-produced. The business closed in 2020. Later that year, the statue was painted and reinstalled in Halloran Park. [map]

Steubenville:
Ohio Valley Steelworker

Toledo:
Little Caesars

Troy:
Abraham Lincoln [gone]

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