World-renowned sculptor created J.C. Penney statue that now stands at Triangle Park

A bronze statue of the Penney’s store founder James Cash Penney greets visitors as they enter the triangle of downtown Kemmerer. It stands on the corner of the triangle across from the “mother” Penney’s store and the small home where J.C. Penney resided which is now a historical site.

The bronze statue was created by world-renowned sculptor Greg Wyatt, who resides in New York City, New York. In 1987, JC Penney company board of trustees’ vice president Chris Sears and board chairman William Howell commissioned Wyatt to do the bronze statue of Penney to be exhibited at the JC Penney headquarters in Plano, Texas.