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''Indian and the Puritan'' is a 1916 marble and bronze monument by
Gutzon Borglum John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculpture, sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore. He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Moun ...
, the sculptor of
Mount Rushmore The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a National Memorial (United States), national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (, or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dak ...
, opposite 5 Washington Street, the
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, in Harriet Tubman Square (formerly Washington Park) of Newark in
Essex County, New Jersey Essex County is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey, and is one of the centrally located counties in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's second-most populous county,< ...
. It was added to the
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on October 28, 1994, as part of the Public Sculpture in Newark, New Jersey Multiple Property Submission. With


History and description

The monument is a bronze lamp standard featuring two carved marble sculptures, a Native American and a
Puritan The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should b ...
. 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 ''Seated Lincoln'' is a 1911 sculpture by Gutzon Borglum, located next to the Essex County Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on ...
'' (1911), '' First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark'' (1916), and ''
Wars of America ''Wars of America'' is a colossal bronze sculpture by Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum and his assistant Luigi Del Bianco containing "forty-two humans and two horses", located in Military Park (Newark), Military Park in Newark, New Jersey. ...
'' (1926).


See also

* List of public art in Newark, New Jersey *
National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, New Jersey. Latitude ...


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* {{National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Buildings and structures completed in 1916 Public art in Newark, New Jersey Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey 1916 sculptures National Register of Historic Places in Newark, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places Sculptures of Native Americans in New Jersey Sculptures by Gutzon Borglum Relocated buildings and structures in New Jersey