Discovering that there does not seem to be an accurate database/list of prominent monuments and memorials on the internet, I decided to compile one. Most of the lists are of the Top 10 variety and actually leave out several that should be there. Here is the list of all those found that equal or exceed 70 feet in height in North America.
Probably the most disappointing aspect of this list is how few monuments and memorials are erected to celebrate peaceful activities and achievements. Instead, the vast majority pertain to warfare or to those whom have fought wars. While such heroism and victories certainly deserve recognition, it would seem that towering monuments or memorials should also be erected to honor our valiant astronauts, pilots, diplomats, explorers, peacemakers, pioneers, and/or scientists.
Places the have the most such structures on the list include:
Greater New York City, NY/NJ = 8
Torreon, MX = 5
Boston, MA = 4
Mexico City, MX = 4
Washington, DC = 3
Chattanooga, TN/GA = 3
Gettysburg, PA = 3
Indianapolis, IN = 3
Please feel free to forward any additions, corrections, or suggestions. Peace!
*FYI – Heights for monuments, memorials, or statues are rounded up or down to the nearest full number and when known, include the base/pedestal. Those shown below in bold italics have been seen by the blogpost author.
(uc) – under construction
(prop) – proposed
~ approximately
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- Gateway Arch (1965) – St. Louis, MO = 630 feet
2. San Jacinto Monument (1939) – Houston (LaPorte), TX = 567 feet
3. Crazy Horse Memorial (uc) – Custer County, SD = 563 feet
4. Washington Monument (1884) – Washington, DC = 555 feet
5. Birth of a New World Statue (2016) – Arecibo, PR = 360 feet
6. Jose Marti Memorial (1958) – Havana, Cuba = 358 feet
7. Perry Victory/Peace Memorial (1915) – Put-in-Bay, OH = 352 feet
8. Jefferson Davis Monument (1924) – Fairview, KY = 351 feet
9. Bennington Battle Monument (1891) – Bennington, VT = 306 feet
10. Statue of Liberty – New York City (Liberty Island, NJ), NY = 305 feet
11. Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Monument (1902) – Indianapolis, IN = 285 feet
12. Triumph of Flight (prop) – Dayton, OH = 270 feet
13. Pilgrim Monument (1910) – Provincetown, MA = 253 feet
14. Monumento de Santiago (1944) – Santiago de los Caballeros, Domincan Republic = 243 feet
15. Torre del Reformador (1935) – Guatemala City, Guatemala = 236 feet – added 4/7/24
16. Faro de Comercio (1984) – Monterrey, MX = 230 feet
17. Bunker Hill Monument (1843) – Boston, MA = 221 feet
18-19. War Veterans Monument (1930) – High Point State Park, NJ = 220 feet
Monumento a la Revolución (1938) – Mexico City, MX = 220 feet
20. Liberty Memorial Tower (1921) – Kansas City, MO = 217 feet
21-23. Coit Memorial Tower (1933) – San Francisco, CA = 210 feet
Indiana World War Memorial (1965) – Indianapolis, IN = 210 feet
Monumento a la Mexicaneidad (La Equis) (2013) – Ciudad Juarez, MX = 210 feet
24. The Glorious Christ of Copoya (2007) – Chiapas, MX = 204 feet – added 4/7/24
25. Guerrero Chimalli (2014) – Mexico City (Chimalhuacán), MX – 200 feet
26. Arco del Milenio (2001) – Tijuana, MX = 197 feet
27. Brock’s Monument (1859) – Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON = 185 feet
28. Vulcan Statue (1939) – Birmingham, AL = 182 feet
29. Washington Monument (1829) – Baltimore, MD = 179 feet
30. Christ the Redeemer (1970) – Mt. Isabel de Torres National Park, Dominican Republic = 157 feet – added 4/7/24
31. Monumento a Benito Juarez (1901) – Cerro De Las Campanas, MX = 151 feet
32-33. General Grant National Memorial (1897) – New York City (Manhattan), NY = 150 feet
World War I Monument (1929) – Providence, RI = 150 feet
34-35. El Ángel de la Independencia (1910) – Mexico City, MX = 148 feet
Sailor’s Memorial Clock Tower (1922) – Montreal, QC = 148 feet
36. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Bridge Pylons – 2 (1930) – Harrisburg, PA = 145 feet
37. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1896) – Des Moines, IA = 135 feet
38. Cristo Resucitado (mid-1980s) – Tlalnepantla de Baz, MX = 132 feet – added 4/7/24
39-41. Obelisk, Santo Domingo (1937) – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic = 131 feet
Monumento a José María Morelos (1933) – Isla de Janitzio, MX = 131 feet – added 4/7/24
La Puerta de Torreón (2003) – Torreon, MX = 131 feet
42. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1877) – Boston, MA = 128 feet
43. Jefferson Memorial (1943) – Washington, DC = 127 feet
44. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1877) – Boston, MA = 126 feet
45-47. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1894) – Cleveland, OH = 125 feet
Astoria Column (1926) – Astoria, OR = 125 feet
Frank Lloyd Wright Spire (2004) – Scottsdale, AZ = 125 feet
48. Wisconsin Memorial (1911) – Vicksburg Battlefield, MS = 122 feet
49-51. Smith Memorial Arch (1912) – Philadephia, PA = 120 feet
Henry Clay Monument (1857) – Lexington, KY = 120 feet
Louisville Slugger Bat (1996) – Louisville, KY = 120 feet
52. Lincoln Tomb (1874) – Springfield, IL = 117 feet
53. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch (1886) – Hartford, CT = 116 feet
54. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1887) – New Haven CT = 112 feet
55-56. Veteran’s Memorial Obelisk (1876) – Harrisburg, PA = 110 feet
Flagler Monument (1939) – Miami, FL = 110 feet
57-59. Monumento a la fundacion de Torreón (1997) – Torreon, MX = 108 feet
El Manto de la Virgen (2007) – Torreon, MX = 108 feet
Christ of Peace Statue (2023) – Tabasco, MX = 108 feet – added 4/7/24
60-61. Perry Monument (1925) – Erie, PA = 101 feet
Batcolumn Statue – Chicago, IL = 101 feet
62-68. Sergeant Floyd Monument (1901) – Sioux City, IA = 100 feet
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1902) – New York City (Manhattan), NY = 100 feet
Watts Towers (1921-1954) – Los Angeles, CA = 100 feet
Elks National Memorial (1926) – Chicago, IL = 100 feet
Veterans Memorial Obelisk (1930) – Indianapolis, IN = 100 feet
Tear Drop Memorial (2006) – Bayonne, NJ = 100 feet
Millennium Gate Arch (2008) – Atlanta, GA = 100 feet
69. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1899) – Allentown, PA = 99 feet
70-73. Victory Monument (1884) – Yorktown, VA = 98 feet
Lincoln Memorial (1922) – Washington, DC = 98 feet
El Cristo del Picacho (1998) – Tegucigalpa, Honduras = 98 feet – added 4/7/24
El Torreón, el porvenir (2007) – Torreon, MX = 98 feet
74-75. McKinley Monument (1907) – Buffalo, NY = 96 feet
McKinley National Memorial (1907) – Canton, OH = 96 feet
76-77. New York State Monument (1893) – Gettysburg, PA = 94 feet
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1900) – Scranton, PA = 94 feet
78-81. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1891) – Troy, NY = 93 feet
Veterans War Memorial (1932) Mount Greylock State Reservation, MA = 93 feet
Tower of Voices (2020) – Shanksville, PA = 93 feet
El Cristo Roto (2006) – Isla de San Jose de Gracia, MX = 92 feet – added 4/7/24
82-84. Confederate War Dead Monument (1869) – Richmond, VA = 90 feet
Minnesota Memorial (1907) – Vicksburg Battlefield, MS = 90 feet
Stone Mountain Memorial (1970) – Atlanta, GA = 90 feet
85. Confederate Memorial Monument (1898) – Montgomery, AL = 88 feet
86-87. Georgia State Monument (1899) – Chickamauga Battlefield, GA = 87 feet
Cabeza de Juárez Monument (1976) – Mexico City (Iztapalapa), MX = 87 feet
88-92. United State Regulars Monument (1909) – Gettysburg Battlefield, PA = 85 feet
Wilder Brigade Monument (1903) – Chickamauga Battlefield, GA = 85 feet
Dewey Monument (1903) – San Francisco, CA = 85 feet
New York State Peace Memorial (1911) – Chattanooga Battlefield, TN = 85 feet
Lord Hanuman Statue (2003) – Carapichaima, Trinidad & Tobago = 85 feet – added 4/7/24
93. Monumento a Antonio Maceo (1916) – Havana, Cuba – 82 feet
94. National Monument to the Forefathers (1889) – Plymouth, MA = 81 feet
95-98. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1884) – Buffalo, NY = 80 feet
Moriarity Monument (1887) – Metairie, LA = 80 feet
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch (1892) – Brooklyn, NY = 80 feet
El Pípila Statue (1953) – Guanajuato, MX ~ 80 feet – added 4/7/24
99-100. World War I Memorial (1929) -Newport, RI = 79 feet
Cristo de la Misericordia (2009) – San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua = 79 feet – added 4/7/24
101. Columbus Monument (1892) – New York City (Manhattan), NY = 76 feet
102-106. Iowa State Monument (1906) – Shiloh Battlefield, TN = 75 feet
Soldiers’ And Sailors’ Monument (1911) – Syracuse, NY = 75 feet
Cristo Rey (1944) – Guanajuato, MX = 75 feet – added 4/7/24
The Golden Driller (1953) – Tulsa, OK = 75 feet
Christ of the Sacred Heart (2006) – Rosarito, MX = 75 feet – added 4/7/24
107-108. Washington Square Arch (1889) – New York City, NY = 74 feet
Keeper of the Plains (1974) – Wichita, KS = 74 feet
109. Philadelphia Brigade Monument (1896) – Antietam Battlefield, MD = 73 feet
110. Cristo de las Noas – Torreon, MX = 72 feet
111-113. Steuben County Soldiers’ Monument (1917) – Angola, Indiana = 70 feet
Desert View Watchtower (1932) – Grand Canyon National Park, AZ = 70 feet
National War Memorial (1939) – Ottawa, ON = 70 feet
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