The following is a list of memorials to and things named in honor of
William Henry Harrison.
Monuments
A bronze statue of Harrison is one of several erected on Monument Circle, surrounding the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in downtown
Indianapolis. John H. Mahoney received the commission to create the Harrison statue in 1895; it was completed in 1899.[1]
A statue of Harrison is part of a granite monument erected in 1908 to commemorate the Battle of Tippecanoe, which took place near the present-day town of
Battle Ground, Indiana, in
Tippecanoe County.[2]
A limestone statue of Harrison in civilian attire, created by Harold "Dugan" Elgar, was initially erected in 1972 on the campus of Vincennes University in
Vincennes, Indiana; however, the statue was damaged and placed in storage until 2002, when it was mounted in front of the school's Matthew Welsh Administration building.[3]
A limestone-relief carving of Harrison by Larry Beisler is part of a sculpture in front of the
Harrison County, Indiana, visitors' center. The sculpture was dedicated in 2001.[4]
The Ten O'Clock Line Monument by sculptor Frederick L. Hollis in
Owen County, Indiana, commemorates a treaty signed in 1809. Harrison is one of the two central figures in the limestone monument, which was completed in 1957; the other figure depicts Chief
Little Turtle of the
Miami people.[5]
A
bronze statue of a uniformed General Harrison on horseback was dedicated in 1896 in Cincinnati's
Piatt Park.
Louis T. Rebisso of the
Cincinnati School of Design and his student,
Clement Barnhorn, created the work. "Ohio's First President" is inscribed on the north side of the pedestal; the south side includes an inscription of his name. The statue, which is notable for being the only equestrian monument in Cincinnati, is unusual because there is no saddle on the horse, so the stirrups appear to be airborne. The monument originally faced east, toward Vine Street, but it was moved in 1988 to its present location facing west, toward the
Covenant First Presbyterian Church across Elm Street.[7]
A statue of Harrison is located at 731 St. Joseph St. in
Rapid City, South Dakota. It is one of many statues of presidents on street corners in the city. [8]
Towns and counties
Numerous places have been named in Harrison's honor:
William Henry Harrison Park in
Pemberville, Ohio,[14] was near the site of one of General Harrison's Northwestern Army military encampments during the
War of 1812.[15]
Fort William Henry Harrison, a military fort in
Montana, was initially named
Fort Harrison in 1892 to honor
President Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president, but the fort was renamed in 1906 as a tribute to William Henry Harrison, the ninth president, after it was discovered that a U.S. Army fort in Indianapolis had already been named in honor of Benjamin Harrison.[17]
Tecumseh!, an outdoor stage drama, has been running since 1973 near
Chillicothe, Ohio, at the Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre.
Allan W. Eckert, a novelist/historian and a seven-time
Pulitzer Prize nominee and an
Emmy recipient, wrote the play, which centers on the life of Tecumseh and depicts interactions between the Shawnee leader and Harrison in the early nineteenth century.[20]
On January 20, 2015, the American television sitcom, Parks and Recreation, aired "William Henry Harrison" (season 7, episode 3), which centers on a visit to a fictionalized version of the William Henry Harrison Museum at
Grouseland. The set included a reproduction of the tin ball used in Harrison's 1840 presidential campaign that inspired the
idiom, "keep the ball rolling"[24]
Greiff, Glory-June (2005). Remembrance, Faith and Fancy: Outdoor Public Sculpture in Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press.
ISBN0-87195-180-0.
The following is a list of memorials to and things named in honor of
William Henry Harrison.
Monuments
A bronze statue of Harrison is one of several erected on Monument Circle, surrounding the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in downtown
Indianapolis. John H. Mahoney received the commission to create the Harrison statue in 1895; it was completed in 1899.[1]
A statue of Harrison is part of a granite monument erected in 1908 to commemorate the Battle of Tippecanoe, which took place near the present-day town of
Battle Ground, Indiana, in
Tippecanoe County.[2]
A limestone statue of Harrison in civilian attire, created by Harold "Dugan" Elgar, was initially erected in 1972 on the campus of Vincennes University in
Vincennes, Indiana; however, the statue was damaged and placed in storage until 2002, when it was mounted in front of the school's Matthew Welsh Administration building.[3]
A limestone-relief carving of Harrison by Larry Beisler is part of a sculpture in front of the
Harrison County, Indiana, visitors' center. The sculpture was dedicated in 2001.[4]
The Ten O'Clock Line Monument by sculptor Frederick L. Hollis in
Owen County, Indiana, commemorates a treaty signed in 1809. Harrison is one of the two central figures in the limestone monument, which was completed in 1957; the other figure depicts Chief
Little Turtle of the
Miami people.[5]
A
bronze statue of a uniformed General Harrison on horseback was dedicated in 1896 in Cincinnati's
Piatt Park.
Louis T. Rebisso of the
Cincinnati School of Design and his student,
Clement Barnhorn, created the work. "Ohio's First President" is inscribed on the north side of the pedestal; the south side includes an inscription of his name. The statue, which is notable for being the only equestrian monument in Cincinnati, is unusual because there is no saddle on the horse, so the stirrups appear to be airborne. The monument originally faced east, toward Vine Street, but it was moved in 1988 to its present location facing west, toward the
Covenant First Presbyterian Church across Elm Street.[7]
A statue of Harrison is located at 731 St. Joseph St. in
Rapid City, South Dakota. It is one of many statues of presidents on street corners in the city. [8]
Towns and counties
Numerous places have been named in Harrison's honor:
William Henry Harrison Park in
Pemberville, Ohio,[14] was near the site of one of General Harrison's Northwestern Army military encampments during the
War of 1812.[15]
Fort William Henry Harrison, a military fort in
Montana, was initially named
Fort Harrison in 1892 to honor
President Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president, but the fort was renamed in 1906 as a tribute to William Henry Harrison, the ninth president, after it was discovered that a U.S. Army fort in Indianapolis had already been named in honor of Benjamin Harrison.[17]
Tecumseh!, an outdoor stage drama, has been running since 1973 near
Chillicothe, Ohio, at the Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre.
Allan W. Eckert, a novelist/historian and a seven-time
Pulitzer Prize nominee and an
Emmy recipient, wrote the play, which centers on the life of Tecumseh and depicts interactions between the Shawnee leader and Harrison in the early nineteenth century.[20]
On January 20, 2015, the American television sitcom, Parks and Recreation, aired "William Henry Harrison" (season 7, episode 3), which centers on a visit to a fictionalized version of the William Henry Harrison Museum at
Grouseland. The set included a reproduction of the tin ball used in Harrison's 1840 presidential campaign that inspired the
idiom, "keep the ball rolling"[24]
Greiff, Glory-June (2005). Remembrance, Faith and Fancy: Outdoor Public Sculpture in Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press.
ISBN0-87195-180-0.