Alvin P. Hovey Monument ~ Bellefontaine Cemetery - Mt. Vernon, IN
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YoSam.
N 37° 57.528 W 087° 53.694
16S E 421385 N 4201621
Oversize and fancy tombstone
Waymark Code: WMN31T
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/16/2014
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County of art: Posey County
Location of statue: Industrial Rd., Bellefontaine Cemetery, Mt. Vernon
Artist: John Walsh, sculptor &
Ira Nye, sculptor
Proper Description:
"A bronze medallion containing a bas-relief profile bust of Alvin P. Hovey, is mounted on the front of a granite obelisk. The medallion is enclosed in a wreath and there is a relief of a partially unfurled flag behind it. The obelisk rest on a two-tiered base." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
Remarks:
"Alvin P. Hovey (1821-1891), was a general in the 244th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and a governor of Indiana. The monument cost $6,000, and was paid for by Hovey's daughter and son, Mrs. Menzies, and C. J. Hovey. John Walsh designed and built the monument, assisted by Ira Nye of C. P. Hiskey's Marble Works. The foundation was laid a year before the monument was installed, to allow it to settle so that it would sustain the memorial's weight." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum