Site was bulldozed 43 heads moved to private farm property. Too bad they couldn t afford the obama head and went out of business in 2010. President along winding pathways.
Presidents park gone eighteen foot tall busts of every u s. The mammoth heads each estimated to weigh in excess of 7 000 pounds were originally commissioned from houston artist david adickes as the. President busts crumbling amongst the weeds.
Somewhere in virginia on the outskirts of private farmland sits the completely bizarre sight of nearly 40 giant u s. Kennedy and 37 th president richard nixon. Also featured are george bush senior the assassinated 35 th president john f.
The formidable concrete statues include the first president of the united states george washington and abraham lincoln who appears to be missing the back of his head. The statues were sculpted by houston artist david adickes who was inspired as he drove past mount rushmore when. It contained 18 to 20 foot 5 5 to 6 1 m high busts of the presidents of the united states from george washington to george w.
Presidents park was a ten acre sculpture park and associated indoor museum formerly located in williamsburg virginia in the united states. Mobilus in mobili cc by 2 0 abraham lincoln has a huge hole on the back of his head sadly reminiscent of his unfortunate fate while ronald reagan s bust suffered a lightning strike a few years. The sculptures are still in bad condition some of them missing their noses while others have their faces etched with tear like scars.
To date only one of the heads that of the seventh president andrew jackson has been fully. Busts of former us presidents occupy the land of croaker farmer howard hankins in rural virginia. Presidents park a sculpture park in virginia that while now closed previously housed the busts of most of the former us presidents.
Night shyamalan movie or a perpetually awkward lucid dream on a privately owned farm in croaker virginia the vestiges of 43 presidential busts are waiting for a miracle.
President head sculptures virginia. The crane attached to a steel frame inside the busts through a hole smashed into the top of each sculpture s head. Then each president was loaded onto a flatbed truck and hauled away to hankins. About 100 people paid to visit the deteriorating president heads sculptures located on private property of croaker road on feb. Public tours are held about once a month.
Discover president heads in williamsburg virginia. 43 giant busts of u s. Presidents are sitting in a field in virginia. Like something out of an m.
Like something out of an m. Presidents are sitting in a field in virginia. 43 giant busts of u s.
Discover president heads in williamsburg virginia. Public tours are held about once a month. About 100 people paid to visit the deteriorating president heads sculptures located on private property of croaker road on feb.
Then each president was loaded onto a flatbed truck and hauled away to hankins. The crane attached to a steel frame inside the busts through a hole smashed into the top of each sculpture s head.
