Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1889 — THE INDIANA MONUMENT. [ARTICLE]

THE INDIANA MONUMENT.

What the Shaft Will Look Like When Completed—The Corner Stone. . Ind. Sentinef.' The material used in the tion of the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument is the best quality of Indiana stone. It is a light gray oolitic limestone of fine grain, very easily worked and of great durability. It is Without seams and can be obtained of any size. The monument when completed will be 268 feet in height. The diameter of the ground to be occupied is 192 feet, including the fountains and approaches, outside of Wjhich will be a circular walk, and also an esplanade seventy feet in width. On the north and. south sides will be wide steps of stone seventy feet in length leading to the platform of the terrace, from which the interior is reached by big bronze doors. Above these doors large tablets will bear inscriptions commemorative of the part borne in the war by the different counties, and above the tablets is the inscription of dedication;