George Rogers Clark Memorial, Vincennes, IN
1936 (Photographs 1976)
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The George Rogers Clark Memorial by William E. Parsons (landscape architect), Frederick Hirons (architect), and Hermon A. MacWeil (sculptor) was erected in Vincennes, IN in 1936.
George Rogers Clark Memorial designed and constructed between 1927 and 1936 to commemorate the actions of Lt. Col. George Rogers Clark and his frontiersmen, who captured Fort Sackville (believed to be located within the immediate vicinity of the Memorial structure) from the British in 1779.
The drum-shaped structure contains a circular hall, or the “memorial rotunda,” that once served as the site’s museum. The rotunda is surrounded by a granite Doric colonnade of sixteen fluted columns, thirty-nine feet in height. The building is eighty-two feet high and 180 feet across its base. Within the memorial, a bronze statue of George Rogers Clark mounted on a pedestal of marble. Around the base of the statue, raised brass letters read “GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.” A pattern in the terrazzo floor around the base of the statue reads “If a Country is Not Worth Protecting It is Not Worth Claiming." The granite exterior of the building's entablature is inscribed with “The Conquest of the West - George Rogers Clark and the Frontiersman of the American Revolution."
George Rogers Clark Memorial designed and constructed between 1927 and 1936 to commemorate the actions of Lt. Col. George Rogers Clark and his frontiersmen, who captured Fort Sackville (believed to be located within the immediate vicinity of the Memorial structure) from the British in 1779.
The drum-shaped structure contains a circular hall, or the “memorial rotunda,” that once served as the site’s museum. The rotunda is surrounded by a granite Doric colonnade of sixteen fluted columns, thirty-nine feet in height. The building is eighty-two feet high and 180 feet across its base. Within the memorial, a bronze statue of George Rogers Clark mounted on a pedestal of marble. Around the base of the statue, raised brass letters read “GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.” A pattern in the terrazzo floor around the base of the statue reads “If a Country is Not Worth Protecting It is Not Worth Claiming." The granite exterior of the building's entablature is inscribed with “The Conquest of the West - George Rogers Clark and the Frontiersman of the American Revolution."
These photos and description of George Rogers Clark Memorial in Vincennes, IN are part of materials from the registration form of George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in the National Register of Historic Places.
This primary source comes from the Records of the National Park Service.
National Archives Identifier: 132003494
Full Citation: George Rogers Clark Memorial, Vincennes, IN; 1936 (Photographs 1976) ; National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Illinois; National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017; Records of the National Park Service, Record Group 79; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/george-rogers-clark-memorial-vincennes-in, May 4, 2024]Rights: Copyright Not Evaluated Learn more on our privacy and legal page.