Morton, Illinois: Stainless Steel Tree
Unlike a real tree, you don't want to climb this one on a hot summer day.
- Address:
- 107 E. Jefferson St., Morton, IL
- Directions:
- Downtown. On the northeast corner of E. Jefferson St. and N. First Ave.
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It's a stainless steel tree sculpture.
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The tree, by artist Morgan Elser, unveiled in 2014, pays tribute to "ideas that were planted, watered, and given time to grow." Contributors to the tree got their names etched into its leaves. Thank you, Laura & Tyler Petersen, Henry & Bernice Rapp, and others.