The Obelisk is of a light grey granite, 15' tall, and has inscriptions on all four sides. The Base reads "HASKELL".
From Wikipedia:
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"John Gideon Haskell (February 5, 1832–November 25, 1907) was an architect who designed portions of the Kansas State Capitol and other public buildings in the state.
Haskell was born in Milton, Vermont. His father in 1854 moved to Lawrence, Kansas, with the New England Emigrant Aid Company. He was attending Brown University at the time and had an architect job in Boston. His father died in 1857 and he moved to Kansas, where he remained for the rest of his life.
He joined the Union army during the American Civil War. After the war he was named official state architect and as such finished the work on the Kansas State Capitol.
Works
Kansas State Capitol (wings)
Topeka State Hospital, Topeka
Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie, Kansas
Snow Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence (torn down and rebuilt)
Bailey Hall (University of Kansas), Lawrence (NRHP)
Chase County Courthouse (Kansas), Cottonwood Falls, Kansas (NRHP)
English Lutheran Church, Lawrence (NRHP)
Ludington House, Lawrence (NRHP)
Plymouth Congregational Church (Lawrence, Kansas), Lawrence (NRHP)
Sunnyside School, Jefferson County, Kansas (NRHP)
Thacher Building, Topeka (NRHP)
Roberts House (now the "Castle Tea Room") on Massachusetts Street in Lawrence
Bernhard Warkentin Homestead
First United Methodist Church, Lawrence"
From Kansas Memory:
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"This cabinet card shows John Gideon Haskell, (1832-1907), Civil War veteran and architect for the state of Kansas. He migrated to Lawrence, Kansas, in the summer of 1857, to begin his architectural career but a severe drought and the start of the Civil War put his future plans on hold. In July of 1861, Haskell was mustered into service as assistant quartermaster general of Kansas and he was appointed as quartermaster for the Third Kansas and the Tenth Kansas Volunteers. He, also, served as assistant quartermaster on the staff of General James Blunt and later became chief quartermaster of the Army of the Frontier. After the war, Haskell resumed his profession with the appointment, in 1866, as the architect for the state of Kansas. During his tenure, he designed the east wing of the Kansas Capitol and was responsible for overseeing the entire construction of the capitol. In addition to his responsibilities at the statehouse, Haskell was the chief architect for the Chase County Courthouse, the Douglas County Courthouse and many of the buildings at the University of Kansas. In 1907, after a long and successful career, John Gideon Haskell passed away at the age of seventy-five after a sudden illness at his home in Lawrence, Kansas."
Information on Dudley Chase Haskell:
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"Born in Springfield, Vermont, Haskell moved to Lawrence, Kansas with his parents in 1855. He attended schools back in Springfield in 1857 and 1858, engaged in business as a shoe merchant and followed the Pike's Peak Gold Rush in 1859, residing in Pikes Peak, Colorado until 1861. During the Civil War, Haskell served as an assistant to the quartermaster of the Union Army in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and the Indian Territory in 1861 and 1862. He left the army and entered Williston’s Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts in 1863 and graduated from Yale College in 1865. Afterward, he returned to Lawrence, Kansas, engaged in the shoe business from 1865 to 1867 and was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1872, 1875 and 1876, serving as Speaker of the House in 1876. Haskell was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1876, serving from 1877 until his death in Washington, D.C. on December 16, 1883. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs from 1881 to 1883. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas."
Front Inscription reads:
"JOHN GIDEON
Son of Franklin Haskell
Born Milton, Vt.
Feb. 5, 1832
Died Nov. 25, 1907
MARY ELIZABETH
Daughter of Luther B. Bliss
Wife of John G. Haskell
Born Wilbraham, Mass.
October 22, 1837
Died San Diego, Cal.
June 19, 1919"
Right inscription:
"FRANKLIN
Son of Gideon Haskell
Born Weathersfield, Vt.
Aug. 12, 1809.
Died Jan. 26. 1857
ALMIRA
Daughter of John Chase
Wife of Franklin Haskell,
Born Weathersfield, Vt.
July 25, 1804.
Died Oct. 18, 1876."
Reverse Insceiption:
"CHARLES AUSTIN
Son of Franklin Haskell
Born Weathersfield, Vt.
Sept. 24, 1833
Died Baxter Springs, Ks.
Feb. 8, 1868
LUCY ANN
Daughter of Galen Whiting
Wife of Chas. A. Haskell
Born North Brookfield, Mass.
Jan. 7. 1829
Died Jan. 12, 1906 "
Left inscription
"DUDLEY CHASE
Son of Franklin Chase
Born Springfield, Vt.
Mar. 23, 1842
Died Washington DC
Dec. 16, 1883
HARRIET M. DEACON
Wife of Dudley Haskell Sr.
Born N. Egremont Mass,
Apr. 7 1842
Died Palo Alto Calif.
July 30, 1926 "