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Carver Rob Peterson transformed a 15-foot-tall, over-100-year-old dead oak stump in Old Louisville's St. James Court into a Victorian lamplighter and gas lamp sculpture, commissioned by the St. James Court Homeowners Association. The 70-hour on-site carving (plus a half-size practice piece made beforehand) stands near the court's central fountain and has been seen by thousands of visitors during the annual St. James Court Art Show.
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St. James Court Lamplighter (carved oak)
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Site-level location · 38.2373° N, 85.7647° W
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A 15-foot Victorian lamplighter figure carved from a dead oak stump.
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St. James Court, Old Louisville historic district, Louisville, Kentucky, near the central fountain.
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