The American Family

The sculptor who made this was born a few blocks away, and he made almost everything. Avard Fairbanks shaped Angel Moronis for temple spires, Abraham Lincolns for the Capitol, and, because a man has to eat, the charging ram that rode the hood of every Dodge. He earned a doctorate in anatomy so he could get the human body exactly right. Late in a long career he came back to Provo, his birthplace, and cast this: an ordinary family, parents and children together, rendered at heroic scale. He believed art should be plain enough for a child to understand.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Bridal Veil Falls — 8.0 mi
  A dramatic double waterfall cascading 607 feet into Provo Canyon
• Sundance Mountain Resort — 12 mi
  Robert Redford's intimate, arts-minded ski resort on the slopes of Mount Timpanogos, in the North Fork of Provo Canyon.
• Aspen Grove — 12 mi
  The mountain-base trailhead for Mount Timpanogos and Stewart Falls
• Alpine Loop Summit — 13 mi
  The 8,000-foot high point of the Alpine Loop, face to face with Mount Timpanogos

More markers nearby

• Old Tabernacle Lintel Stone — steps away
• Settlement of Provo — 0.8 mi
• Utah Lake Fishing Industry — 0.8 mi
• Dan Jones, Missionary — 2.1 mi