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Knox County Court House and Soldiers' Monument, Vincennes, Ind.
Said to be First Public Building Erected as Soldiers Memorial in U. S.
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VINCENNES, Ind.-Knox County court house
erected in 1873 at a cost of more than $360,000
claimed to be first public building erected
in U. S. as a soldier's memorial. Architecture
exceptional. In addition to several beautiful a
tablets there is one in marble 21 feet high i
of George Rogers Clark. The sculpturing is
by Andrew Barrot of Carrara, Italy. It is
carved from one piece of stone and weighs
four tons. Nearby stands the $50,000 soldiers
monument erected in 1914.
A. A. ARNOLD, VINCENNES, IND.
