Presidents Park

Original park and Richard Nixon in 2005|leftThe statues were sculpted by Houston artist David Adickes, The park had financial troubles and was closed on September 30, 2010. Creditors put the park up for auction (not including the busts) on September 28, 2012, after a foreclosure auction originally scheduled for April 26, 2012 was cancelled without explanation. The location was eventually purchased by a rental car company. Current location By January 2013, the busts had been moved to private storage at a nearby farm in Croaker, Virginia by Howard Hankins, a builder who had helped construct the park and had been hired to demolish it. In 2017, National Geographic showcased a video in which Mr Hankins expresses a hope to rehabilitate the statues for a park in the future. However, many of the presidential heads sustained damage in the move and decayed due to being out in the open elements. The unusual nature of the decayed presidential heads gained attention, and the location now offers periodic tours and photography workshops under the name "The Presidents Heads". ==Similar park in South Dakota==

Artist David Adickes sculpted a second set of Presidential busts. They were placed on display at a similar outdoor park museum setting in Lead, South Dakota which was operated by the artist himself, until it too closed after financial difficulties. Some of the South Dakota busts could still be seen in 2015 at various RV parks and hotels around the Dakotas. • The busts of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush are located near Mount Rushmore at the Southern Hills RV Park and Campground in Hermosa, South Dakota. • President Abraham Lincoln's bust graces the Lincoln RV Park on U.S. 85 south of Williston, North Dakota. • President Theodore Roosevelt's bust is stationed at the Roosevelt Inn in Watford City, North Dakota. ==Sources==