92 County Walk- Switzerland County

92 County Walk- Switzerland County

Architectural Detailing - Outdoor Sculpture

 650 W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN, 46204

Switzerland County was settled in 1802 by Swiss colonists who came to this Ohio River area to cultivate grapes for winemaking. Writers Edward Eggleston, author of The Hoosier School-Master, and his brother, George, were born here. Vevay, the county seat, was named for the Swiss city from which the early settlers immigrated.

This icon depicts a page of an open book with grape leaves winding up around and through a decorative letter S–a tribute to Switzerland County’s winemaking and literary heritage. The curling tendrils of the grapevine conceal an abstracted human figure.

Designers Jeff Laramore and David Jemerson Young of 2nd Globe, an Indianapolis–based artistic company, designed all 92 of the county sculptures featured on the outside of the Indiana State Museum. Their designs narrate the counties’ famous natives, historically significant events, or their cultural characteristics, and were fabricated and installed by various Indiana sculptors, carvers, glassworkers, metalworkers, and other artisans.

 

Medium type: Stone/Marble

Date created: 2001

Location Info

650 W Washington St

650 W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN, 46204