What is the Independent Man statue on the Rhode Island State House? A bronze statue gilded in gold, the Independent Man was was designed by George Brewster, a Massachusetts sculptor who taught at ...

A bronze, gilded statue designed to represent freedom and sovereignty, the Independent Man was installed on the State House in 1899. The last time it was taken down from the building, also for ...

The statue’s marble dome had split beneath its feet and needed emergency repairs. It was taken down from the Rhode Island State House Tuesday for only the second time since it was placed stop ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — After almost a year after the Independent Man was taken down, Gov. Dan McKee announced that the statue will be returning to the top of the Rhode Island State House.

RI POLITICS State scrambles to secure Rhode Island’s Independent Man statue atop State House in advance of Hurricane Lee A drone video revealed a gap in the marble base that supports the 11-foot ...

The Independent Man statue was returned to the top of the dome on the Rhode Island State House Wednesday, about a year after it was removed for refurbishment, WJAR-TV reports. The state spent more ...

A bronze statue gilded in gold, the Independent Man was was designed by George Brewster, a Massachusetts sculptor who taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, and installed on top of the State ...

When the State House was being built in 1895, the Rhode Island Historical Society requested that a statue of Roger Williams sit atop the new capitol building, but architect Charles McKim worried ...