Field of Corn (Dublin)

Dublin, Ohio, United States

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Field of Corn (with Osage Orange Trees) is a public sculpture by Malcolm Cochran in Frantz Park, Dublin, Ohio: 109 concrete ears of corn, each about six feet tall, set in rows. Commissioned by the Dublin Arts Council, it was dedicated on October 30, 1994.

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40.08501° N, 83.12333° W

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Most cornfields do not come with a nickname, a dedication ceremony and a national ranking of ugly art, but this one is made of concrete.

Field of Corn (with Osage Orange Trees) fills the southwest corner of Frantz Road and Rings Road in Dublin, Ohio. WOSU reports that it was commissioned by the Dublin Arts Council after a juried competition for a work on city-owned land, and created by sculptor Malcolm Cochran with landscape architects Stephen R. Drown and James E. Hiss. It consists of 109 concrete ears of corn in rows; Visit Dublin Ohio gives their height as six feet. Locals sometimes call it "Cornhenge".

Cochran visited the site in 1993 and found little inspiration beyond the Osage orange trees and a hunch that the land had been farmland. A local historian told him it had belonged to Sam and Eulalia Frantz, the family behind Frantz Road, and that Sam Frantz was a pioneer in corn hybridization. The family gave him a photograph of corn with paper bags over the ears for controlled pollination. Cochran told Spectrum News in 2025 that the white ears are a memorial to farming, laid out like the identical crosses at Arlington National Cemetery.

The work was not an easy sell. WOSU says some residents thought the money would be better spent on a playground, and that the Arts Council had asked for "drive-by potential" rather than a place to stop and park. It was dedicated on October 30, 1994, with Eulalia Frantz among those who attended. In 2025 Spectrum News reported that it ranked No. 22 on a commercial retailer's list of America's ugliest public art, based on a poll of 2,000 people, and that families now play and hide among the ears.

The Dublin Arts Council lists the work at Frantz Park, 4995 Rings Rd. Visit Dublin Ohio says visitors can wander through the field.

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The 109 concrete ears stand in rows in Frantz Park at the corner of Frantz and Rings Roads, Dublin. Visit Dublin Ohio says visitors can wander through the field, and Spectrum News (2025) found families playing among the ears. It was designed to be seen from passing traffic.

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A public park at Frantz Park, 4995 Rings Rd, Dublin, Ohio (Dublin Arts Council). The Arts Council asked for drive-by visibility rather than a parking destination.

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