The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument - Kenosha, WI
N 42° 34.880 W 087° 49.178
16T E 432741 N 4714649
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument was erected in 1900, the same year as the Library it stands near. It is located along 59th Place between 7th and 8th Aves.
Waymark Code: WM5H89
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 01/07/2009
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6. LIBRARY PARK, 7th Ave, between 59th PL and 61st St., extending to 8th Ave., contains the Gilbert M. Simmons Library (open 8:30-9 weekdays; 2-5, 7-9 Sun.). Z. G. Simmons donated the funds for the construction of the library, and in May, 1900, the building was dedicated to his son. D. H. Burnham designed the building to conform to the architecture of the 1893 World's Fair. In neo-classic style, it is a low, one-story building with Corinthian columns and a dome, constructed of Bedofrd limestone. The Lincoln Monument, NE. corner of the park, a bronze statue of Lincoln seated in a chair, was the gift of Orla Miner Calkins to the city in 1909, and is a replica of the monument, sculptured by Charles H. Niehaus, at Muskegon, Mich. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in the north section of the park, a granite Corinthian column with the figure of a winged victory on top, is dedicated to the Civil War veterans.
---Wisconsin, A Guide to the Badger State, 1941
Today the monument looks the same as it did in 1940
The Kenosha Library Park web site describes the monument:
"The Soldiers’ Monument in Library Park, dedicated along with the new library in 1900, was designed by Daniel Burnham. It consists of a 60-foot monolithic granite Corinthian column capped by a Winged Victory statue, executed by Italian sculptor Decco."