Juneau, Alaska: Chicken Yard Nun
Tiny official park features a small scrap metal sculpture of a nun in black feeding rusty chickens. A century ago the sisters of Saint Ann's ran a hospital and supplied eggs from their chicken yard.
Chicken Yard Park
- Address:
- 635 6th St, Juneau, AK
- Directions:
- 6th St. and Basin Rd/East St.
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The Chicken Yard Nun sculpture was commissioned by artist and Starr Hill resident Judy Cooper.
[Judy Crondahl, 12/30/2021]Chicken Yard Nun
Chicken Yard nun.
[Paul Little, 06/05/2019]The nun sculpture at the Chicken Yard is a 1970s scrap metal work by fisherman-turned artist Arthur Higgins, commissioned by another artist. The nun feeding chickens is a nod to the sisters of Saint Ann, who once operated a hospital, raised chickens, and supplied eggs from this location.
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The artist who actually created the chicken-feeding nun sculpture was the late Arthur Higgins, who lived in Juneau in the early 1970s.