The bust of Jared Potter Kirtland was created by Dr. Theodatus Garlick, a noted plastic surgeon and sculptor. Kirtland's bust was sculpted in 1853, when Potter was 60 years old. After Kirtland's death in 1877, the bust was given to his family. In 1955, it was rescued from a barn that was about to be torn down on the Whippoorwill property, by Margaret Manor Butler. Mrs. Butler moved the bust to the Lakewood Historical Society for safe keeping, along with other Kirtland artifacts.
