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New Stutz sculpture installed at 96th Street

If you drive around the north side of Indy, you may recognize some new sculptures that have ties to Indiana history.

A Stutz sculpture at a 96th Street corridor roundabout on the north side of Indy

At night, the sculpture will light up using the artist’s signature-colored dichroic-filtered light sources.

Photo provided by City of Carmel

If you go through the roundabout at 96th Street and Gray Road, you’ll see a new sculpture and the final piece as part of a “Classic Cars of Indiana” series.

“Stutz” joins three other classic car sculptures by local artist Arlon Bayliss installed at the roundabouts at Priority Way, Delegates Row, and Hazel Dell Parkway.

Each of the sculptures in the series represent cars that were designed and built in Indiana during the first half of the 20th century. The “Stutz” is inspired by the car’s art deco hood ornament and stands 18 ft tall on an Indiana limestone base.

Downtowners may recognize the name “Stutz” because of the popular revamped complex that used to be the Stutz car factory, and now includes a Stutz car museum.

Fun fact: Stutz cars originated in 1911, when the Indianapolis company’s founder, Harry C. Stutz, entered his new car in the first Indy 500 race. The car’s excellent performance earned it the slogan, “The Car That Made Good in a Day.”

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