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Publisher
A.A. Arnold; Curt Teich & Co.
Publishing Note
A.A. Arnold, Vincennes, Ind. Genuine Curteich-Chicago C.T. American Art post card
Date Published
1915-1930
Postcard Text
Said to be the first public building erected as soldiers memorial in U.S.; 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 tablets there is one in marble 21 feet high of George Rogers Clark. The sculpting 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.
Postcard Number
73439-N
Name of Building
Knox County Courthouse (Vincennes, Ind.)
Topical Subject
Courthouses -- Indiana -- Knox County; Courthouses -- Indiana -- Vincennes; Monuments -- Indiana -- Knox County; Monuments -- Indiana -- Vincennes
Geographic Subject
Knox County (Ind.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; Vincennes (Ind.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
City/Location
Knox County (Ind.); Vincennes (Ind.)
Original Item Size
9 x 14 cm.
Genre
picture postcards
Local Genre
postcard
Type
Still Image; Text
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
James F. Stubbins County and Municipal Building Postcard Collection
Source
Original postcard: Knox County Court House and Soldiers' Monument, Vincennes, Ind., James F. Stubbins U.S. Postcard Collection, M 384, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
stu_in_084b.jpg
Reverse Side
https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/stu/1233