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The tallest statues of George Washington

Statues of Washington 10 feet and taller across the 50 states and DC, measured without their pedestals, with a source for every height.

Tallest first

  1. —Our George Washington, phase oneNear Austin, TX · underway50 ft15.2 m
  2. 1Equestrian statue, Boston Public GardenBoston, MA · 1869 · equestrian · Thomas Ball22 ft6.7 m
  3. 2Virginia Washington MonumentRichmond, VA · 1858 · equestrian · Thomas Crawford21 ft6.4 m
  4. 3George Washington Masonic National MemorialAlexandria, VA · 1950 · Bryant Baker17 ft5.2 m
  5. 4Washington as Commander-in-Chief, Washington Square ArchNew York, NY · 1916 · Hermon Atkins MacNeil16 ft4.9 m
  6. 5Washington as President, Washington Square ArchNew York, NY · 1918 · Alexander Stirling Calder16 ft4.9 m
  7. 6Washington Monument, Mount Vernon PlaceBaltimore, MD · 1829 · Enrico Causici15 ft4.6 m
  8. 7University of WashingtonSeattle, WA · 1909 · Lorado Taft14 ft4.3 m
  9. 8Washington Crossing the Delaware, Mill HillTrenton, NJ · 1876 · Unknown Italian sculptor14 ft4.3 m
  10. 9Equestrian statue, Union SquareNew York, NY · 1856 · equestrian · Henry Kirke Brown13.5 ft4.1 m
  11. 10Trenton Battle MonumentTrenton, NJ · 1893 · William Rudolf O’Donovan13 ft4.0 m
  12. 11Washington at Valley Forge, Continental Army PlazaBrooklyn, NY · 1906 · equestrian · Henry Merwin Shrady13 ft4.0 m
  13. 12Enthroned WashingtonWashington, DC · 1840 · seated · Horatio Greenough11.3 ft3.5 m
  14. —Our 10-foot George WashingtonThe statue the Colossus scales up10 ft3.0 m

Heights are the figure alone, without pedestal, column or base, from the source linked on each name, checked Oct 2026. Equestrian heights include the horse. Busts, reliefs and Mount Rushmore are left out.

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The George Washington statue at the 1939 New York World's Fair, with visitors at its base
New York World’s Fair, 1939

The one that’s gone

James Earle Fraser’s Washington stood over the 1939 New York World’s Fair,65 feet including its 15-foot base. It was plaster, and it was destroyed after the fair. Its story

Our 16-inch statue is modeled on it. See the statue

Help build the tallest.

At 50 feet, phase one will stand more than twice as tall as any statue of Washington standing today, the tallest at 22 feet. Every statue sold helps build it.

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