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Indian and the Puritan
Indian and the Puritan is located in Essex County, New Jersey
Indian and the Puritan
Indian and the Puritan is located in New Jersey
Indian and the Puritan
Indian and the Puritan is located in the United States
Indian and the Puritan
LocationOpposite 5 Washington Street(Newark Public Library), Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates40°44′38″N 74°10′13″W / 40.74389°N 74.17028°W / 40.74389; -74.17028
Arealess than one acre
Built1916 (1916)
ArchitectGutzon Borglum
MPSPublic Sculpture in Newark MPS
NRHP reference No.94001256[1]
NJRHP No.1273[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 28, 1994
Designated NJRHPSeptember 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]

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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]

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