Lewisville Sculpture Series - Hop Into History is a series of life-sized bronze jackrabbit sculptures made into various anthropomorphic characters to portray historically significant events in Lewisville. Hop Into History includes six sculptures in five locations throughout Old Town. The City engaged the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design to create a multi-unit, small-scale sculpture series for this public art project. The sculpture concepts and clay modeling were completed by selected student artists, and the casting and finishing work on each sculpture was completed by David and Martin Iles of Bolivar Bronze. The sculptures were installed in December 2020.

Hop Into History rubbing worksheets

Experience Lewisville Sculpture Series - Hop Into History, in a unique way, through color rubbings of the raised images on each plaque near the six bronze rabbit sculptures.

Use this map to find all six sculptures around Old Town. The worksheet has six squares with the name of each sculpture to do the rubbings.

Pick up a map, worksheet and crayons at the following locations:

Lewisville City Hall, 151 W. Church Street (open Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Friday, 7:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.)
Visitor Information Center, 247 W. Main Street (open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N. Charles Street (Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.)

Link to map/worksheet in one document.

Bring your completed worksheet by the Visitor Information Center for a free Lewisville souvenir.

Cultivator

Artist: Steven Hendrix
Location: Visitor Information Center, 247 W. Main Street

Cultivator, by Steven Hendrix, portrays the classic Lewisville farmer that was the high school mascot during the 1940s and 1950s. Wearing traditional denim overalls, Cultivator is chewing on a blade of wheat and holding a three-pronged pitchfork upright to symbolize another win for the team. Hendrix’ Cultivator also features a tractor and is located at the Visitor Information Center.

Hippie

Artist: Lexis Thompson
Location: Near stage at Wayne Ferguson Plaza, 150 W. Church Street

Hippie, by Lexis Thompson, celebrates the Texas International Pop Festival, a large music festival held in Lewisville on Labor Day weekend of 1969. Hippie is dressed in characteristic hippie fashion including bell-bottom jeans and accessories such as a peace-sign necklace and sunglasses. This hippie can be found, playing the tambourine, near the stage in Wayne Ferguson Plaza.

The Bandit

Artist: Kaitlin West
Location: South Poydras Plaza (on the south side of the 100 block of W. Main Street)

The Bandit, by Kaitlin West, retells the origin story of the “Fighting Farmer” when high school football players chased down a bank robber fleeing a heist at a bank on Main Street in 1946. In West’s interpretation of the story, the jackrabbit is the Bandit with a money bag in hand. Visitors wanting to step into a bit of history can pose alongside the 1940s-era football cleats pursuing the rabbit robber. The Bandit is located in South Poydras Plaza (on the south side of the 100 block of W. Main Street), “running” toward the south just as the real robber ran in 1946.

A Hare's Sequence: Route 66

Artist: Christopher Novinski
Location: Southwest corner of Church and Mill Streets

A Hare's Sequence: Route 66, by Christopher Novinski, reimagines a television director onsite in Lewisville for the filming of “Love is a Skinny Kid,” an episode of the television drama “Route 66” that was filmed in Lewisville in 1962. Novinski’s director is dressed in an iconic beret-style hat and director’s vest and is positioned behind a vintage movie camera on a tripod. A Hare's Sequence: Route 66 is located in the same general as area the episode’s opening shot, at the corner of Church and Mill streets.

Sheriff

Artist: Stephen Abernathy
Location: Lewisville City Hall, 151 W. Church Street, near the historic Old Well House

Sheriff, by Stephen Abernathy, honors Lewisville’s first night-watchman hired in 1927 and all the police officers who have served the City since. Sheriff takes on a classically western look in his uniform, including Wrangler-esque jeans, wide-brimmed cowboy hat, five-star badge, and holstered pistol at the belt.

Firefighter

Artist: Wesley Flessner
Location: Lewisville City Hall, 151 W. Church Street, near the historic Old Well House

Firefighter, by Wesley Flessner, represents Lewisville’s first paid Fire Marshal, also hired in 1927. It was in reaction to a series of fires that destroyed Main Street structures in 1895, 1912, and 1918 that prompted the City to incorporate so a fire department could be formed. Flessner’s Firefighter can be seen holding a water hose and wearing boots and a vintage-style helmet. The badge number on Firefighter’s helmet is that of Chief Timothy Tittle, Lewisville’s beloved Fire Chief who passed away in January 2020.