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The Hendricks Monument

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
January
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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THE HENDRICKS MONUMENT.

The Contract Awarded to W. H. Parks—To Cost $15,000

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 23.—The Hendricks monument committee met Saturday and awarded the contract for erecting a memorial statueto the late Vice President Hendricks to W. H. Parks, the designer and builder of the Juneau statue at Milwaukee. The highest of the monument is thirty-one feed, the base being eighteen feet and the statue thirteen. The base is of granite, and consists of three steps leading up to a die, on which is a wreath of laurel and oak enclosing the word "Hendricks" in raised polished letters. The statue is bronze, and represents the vice president as in the act of addressing an audience, his right hand resting in the lapel of his coat and his left hanging by his side and holding a parchment. The entire work will cost around $15,000, and the statue will be cast in Italy.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Argus