St. Charles, Illinois -
Huge Wooden Colonial Guy

Huge Wooden Colonial Guy

He looks freshly painted to me. Al Capone's hideaway is around the corner ;) [Amber Larson, 10/20/2010]

[RA: After decades of weather and rot (he'd been carved for the 1976 Bicentennial), the 18-ft. tall seated Revolutionary War soldier was recently restored for optimal patriotic effect.]

Wooden Colonial Guy

The colonial guy outside the custom furniture store in St. Charles is not looking so good lately -- he is still there but the furniture store has closed and he is beginning to show his age, with no one taking care of him. [M.Castellanos, 06/23/2010]

[RA: Officially named "The Unknown Soldier," he was carved in 1976 by furniture store owner Andrew Pakan who wanted something to sit in the giant rocking chair that he'd also carved. The store is still open, and still run by the Pakan family.]

Huge Wooden Colonial Guy

Rocking Chair Rifleman: on rt.25, about five miles north of St.Charles, sits a huge wooden colonial guy. He's about twenty feet tall, sitting in a rocking chair and holding a rifle on his lap (in case of muffler man attacks?). His face looks like he's freezing. He's outside a country-style furniture store,and has been there for almost twenty years. [Garry, 04/10/1999]

Rocking Chair Rifleman

The Rocking Chair Rifleman is on rt.25, about five miles north of town. Note: There is a totem pole carved from a tree trunk next to him. [04/10/1999]