Terre Haute Postcards - Vigo County Court House (4)
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Vigo County Court House
This unused postcard has the following printed text...
103297
K
Pub. by Floyd Mitchell, Bridgeton, Ind. 47836
Photo by Mitchell
Vigo County Court House, Terre Haute, Ind. Built 1884-85 using Indiana limestone. 190 feet to top of dome. Belfry bell donated by Col. Frances Vigo.
Vigo County Court House
This unused postcard has the following printed text...
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K
Pub. by Floyd Mitchell, Bridgeton, Ind. 47836
Photo by Mitchell
Vigo County Court House
Completed 1885 of Indiana Limestone. 190 feet to
top of dome. Belfry bell donated by Col. Frances
Vigo. Statue memorializes the veterans of the Civil War.
Vigo County Court House
This unused postcard has the following printed text...
Vigo County Courthouse
Third St. & Wabash Ave., Terre Haute, Indiana
Completed 1885, of Indiana Limestone; 190 ft. to
top of dome. Statue memorializes veterans of
Civil War.
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Photo: John V. Pontiere, Jr.
Pub'l. by R. C. Holmes, Centerville, Ind. 47330
Soldiers & Sailors Monument
This unused postcard has the following printed text...
Published by G.A.R. Committee, Terre Haute, Ind.
GAR was the Grand Army of the Republic which consisted of Union veterans of the Civil War.
I have another copy of this postcard posted in Terre Haute on May 17th, 1910. Interestingly, this card is post-stamped a week before the actual dedication of the monument.
Soldiers & Sailors Monument
This unused postcard has no other printed text. I have another copy of this postcard that was posted in Terre Haute on December 27th, 1910 and another posted Terre Haute on July 5th, 1910, that has the UNCO trademark logo.
Soldiers & Sailors Monument
This unused postcard has the following printed text...
#27
165315
Historical Collectors Series
Exclusive Project by the House of Photography
Robert W. Harvey with the help of Dorothy J. Clark, Local Historian
Soldiers & Sailors Monument, northeast corner of Vigo County Court House Square, dedicated May 25, 1910 to memory of Civil War veterans.
This is a reprint of a much earlier postcard.
Soldiers & Sailors Monument
This unused postcard has the following printed text...
A-9973
Published expressly for S. H. Knox & Co.
Made in U.S.A.
Soldiers & Sailors Monument
This unused postcard has the following printed text...
A-9973
Published expressly for S. H. Knox & Co.
Made in U.S.A.
Soldiers & Sailors Monument
This unused postcard has the printed text...
A-9973
Published expressly for S. H. Knox & Co.
Made in U.S.A.
I have another copy of this postcard, stamped in Edwards, Indiana on May 6th, the year is unreadable but the card has a handwritten date of May 5th, 1911. I also have a copy of this postcard but on the reverse it has "The Model" logo with the number A-9973.
Soldiers & Sailors Monument
This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on May 25th, 1910, has the following printed text...
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I have another copy of this postcard that was stamped in Evansville, Indiana on July 13th, 1911
Soldiers & Sailors Monument
This postcard, posted in Terre Haute on June 6th, 1910, has the printed text...
32200
Erected by Wey & Barcus
76ft high - 35ft base
Cost $25000
Vigo County was formed in 1818 and Terre Haute named as county seat in the same year. The court house, with its copper dome, was designed in Beaux Arts style by Samuel Hannaford of Cincinnati and completed in 1888. The estate of Colonel Francis Vigo, who supported General George Rogers Clark in the fight against the British, gave a $500 donation to purchase the bell that sits in the tower. This is the third Vigo County Courthouse.
The Soldiers and Sailors Civil War monument, erected in 1910 on the northeast corner of Court Square, was sculpted by Rudolph Schwarz, who is also known for his sculptures on the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis. This monument was erected "In memory of the patriotism and valor of the Soldiers & Sailors of Vigo County in the War of 1861-1865". The monument took almost 40 years to become a reality and was almost placed across from Woodlawn cemetery but it was decided that once the memorial became a reality it should be placed on the exact spot where Vigo County men marched up, to the beating of a drum, to enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War. The monument has a life size copper statuary of Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton who served during the war, and on each of the corners stands a copper statue of a cavalryman, infantryman sailor, and gunner. Bronze plaques on the north and south side read "Soldiers rest thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows no breaking, Dream of battle fields no more, Days of danger - nights of waking" and "On fame's eternal camping ground, Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead."
Source: Court House History
The new federally funded City Hall was built at 17 Harding Avenue. Designed by Miller and Yeager the cornerstone was laid on 22nd August, 1936 by mayor Samuel Beecher Sr. the building continues to house the city government.
This page created 21st July 2009, last modified 12th March 2010
