Field of Giant Corn Ears - Dublin, Ohio
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Mr. 0
N 40° 05.076 W 083° 07.440
17T E 318912 N 4439308
A field of giant concrete corn in Dublin, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM4KRT
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2008
Views: 89
This field of 109 ears of concrete corn was "planted" as a public arts project in 1994. It was designed by Malcolm Cochran as a tribute to Sam Frantz. Mr. Frantz originally owned, and farmed the land here from the 1930's through the 1960's. He also used this land to develop and test different hybrids of corn. Eventually as the suburb grew, the farm land was replaced with office buildings. This park harkens back to what once was here, complete with the original Osage Orange trees that Frantz planted as a fence row.
There are also benches provided in the park where one can sit to read the several plaques describing the history of the area, and the reason for the concrete corn.