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Title
Ohio
State
School
for the
Blind
Washington
Monument
model
Subject
Ohio State School for the Blind
Models
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Columbus (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
Attached
document
reads
:
[PAGE
1]
“To
Americans
the
Washington
Monument
is
the
national
symbol
of
Washington
the
city
and
Washington
the
man
. As a
landmark
visible
for
miles
by
day
, or by
night
when
it
is
illuminated
by
brilliant
floodlights
,
it
is
a
fitting
introduction
to the
Capital
of the
Nation
. As a
monument
its
simplicity
of
line
and
austere
dignity
make
it
an
appropriate
national
memorial
to the
first
President.”
The
actually
building
of this
shaft
has an
interesting
history
for
it
was not
completed
until
December
6
,
1884
,
after
more
than a
century
of
efforts
made
by
vacillation
,
financial
difficulties
,
political
bickering
,
religious
intolerance
and
even
theft
of the
Monument
itself
. On
August
7
,
1783
,
even
before
the
British
troops
had been
evacuated
from the
erstwhile
Colonies
,
Congress
passed
a
resolution
providing
,
“That
an
equestrian
statue
of
George
Washington
be
erected
at the
place
where
the
resident
of
congress
shall
be
established
…
. The
statue
should be
supported
upon
a
marble
pedestal
on
which
should be
represented
four
principal
events
of the
war
which
he
commanded
in
person…”
When
L-Enfant
drew
up
his
plans
for the
Federal
City
in
1791
he
included
a
place
for the
equestrian
statue
of
Washington
. The
place
is
approximately
the
same
spot
upon
which
the
monument
was
constructed
.
Washington
, in his
modesty
,
objected
to any
expenditure
from the
limited
government
resources
, and the
matter
was
dropped
.
After
Washington’s
death
in
December
,
1799
,
John
Marshall
proposed
a
marble
tomb
.
However
,
after
two
years
of
haggling
, the
appropriation
failed
to
pass
the
Senate
.
Until
1848
nothing
definite
resulted
from the
several
efforts
made
to
raise
funds
for the
monument
[PAGE
2]
In
1848
,
Congress
granted
the
Washington
National.Monument
Society
a
site
on
public
ground
“not
otherwide
occupied.”
On
July
4
,
1848
, the
cornerstone
was
laid
with
elaborate
Masonic
rites
.
Washington’s
trowel
,
used
in
laying
the
cornerstone
of the
Capitol
in
1793
, was
used
by
Grand
Master
French
.
George
Winthrop
,
Speaker
of the
House
,
made
the
formal
address
.
Contributions
were
made
.
Citizens
of
Alabam
offered
to
quarry
,
cut
, and
dress
a
stone
for the
Memorial
in
lieu
of a
monetary
donation
. This
plan
was
eagerly
accepted
by the
Society
and
calls
went
out
for
contributions
in
kind
.
States
,
societies
,
fraternal
orders
,
individuals
, and
even
foreign
powers
sent
appropriately
inscribed
stones
.
One
block
of
marble
from the
Temple
of
Concord
at
Rome
came
as a
gift
of
Pop
Pius
IX
.
All
have been
set
in the
inner
walls
of the
shaft
where
visitors
using
the
stairs
may
pause
and
read
the
memorial
inscriptions
---
all
except
one
, the
one
sent
by the
Pope
. A
New
anti-foreign
,
anti-catholic
political
organization
, the
American
party
,
protested
this
“Papist”
gift
.
When
their
complained
were
disregarded
they
resorted
to
violence
. On the
night
of
March
5
,
1854
, a
band
of
masked
men
overpowered
the
night
watchman
at the
Monument
, and
stole
the
disputed
block
of
marble
.
It
was
never
recovered
.
It
is
believed
that the
“Know
Nothings,”
as the
members
of the
American
Party
were
popularly
called
,
smashed
it
with
sledge
hammers
and
dropped
the
fragments
into the
Potomac
. This
act
of
vandalism
outraged
the
entire
world
, and
donations
of
stones
and
money
abruptly
ceased
.
[PAGE
3]
The
monument
became
a
political
football
in
1876
.
During
this
year
the
Centennial
Exposition
was
held
in
Philadelphia
.
It
had not been
prospering
as had been
expected
, and the
Democratic
House
voted
to
meet
in
Independence
Hall
and
re-enact
the
signing
of the
Declaration
of
Independence
,
hoping
to
stimulate
interest
in the
exposition
. The
Republican
Senate
,
pointing
out
that the
House
had been
elected
on an
economy
program
now
proposed
to have a
“grand
jollification
on
public
funds,”
defeated
the
measure
.
Unhappily
for the
Republicans
, the
public
took
this
move
of the
Senate
as an
unpatriotic
gesture
. The
Senate
then
cast
about
for
some
means
to
redeem
itself
. The
Washington
Monument
,
bleak
and
unfinished
, was there
before
their
eyes
.
Senator
Sherman
hastily
introduced
a
measure
appropriated
$100,000
to
complete
it
,
fully
expecting
that the
Democratic
House
,
smarting
under
the
rebuke
administered
, would
reject
the
bill
. This the
House
would
doubtless
have
done
had not
several
astute
members
of the
Monument
Society
appeared
before
the
Appropriations
Committee
and
pointed
out
the
danger
of
drawing
down
public
disapproval
on the
heads
of the
Democrats
.
Eventually
the
act
was
passed
with an
Appropriations
Committee
and
pointed
out
the
danger
of
drawing
down
public
disapproval
on the
heads
of the
Democrats
.
Eventually
the
act
was
passed
with an
appropriation
of
$200,000
payable
$50,000
a
year
for
four
years
. The
Senate
passed
the
bill
,
which
was
approved
, by
President
Grant
on
August
2
,
1876
.
Work
proceeded
rapidly
. On
February
21
,
1885
,
Robert
Winthrop
,
who
had
delivered
the
formal
address
at the
laying
of the
cornerstone
36
years
before
,
dedicated
the
Washington
Monument
. On
October
9
,
1888
,
it
was
opened
to the
public
. The
Monument
is
555
feet
5½
inches
high
. The
elevator
and a
flight
of
898
steps
ascend
to a
chamber
at the
500
foot
level
directly
under
the
pyramidal
cap
.
Paired
windows
in
each
wall
open
upon
remarkable
views
of the
city
and
countryside
.
[PAGE
4]
Through
the
east
window
may
be
seen
the
Mall
, the
Constitution
Avenue
group
of
buildings
, the
Capitol
, the
Library
of
Congress
, the
House
and
Senate
Office
buildings
, the
Supreme
Court
Building
, and the
Union
Station
. To the
south
lies
the
waterfront
of
Washington
,
Potomac
Park
and
River
. To the
west
are the
Army
and
Navy
buildings
, the
reflecting
pool
, and the
Lincoln
Memorial
. To the
north
are the
White
House
, the
State
and
Treasury
buildings
and to the
northwest
,
beyond
the
principal
residential
section
, the
Washington
Cathedral
. The
Monument
is
a
hollow
shaft
,
without
decoration
or
embellishment
other
than the
east
entrance
door
and the
paired
windows
on
each
side
at the
500
foot
level
. The
design
is
generally
attributed
to
Robert
Mills
, but the
present
monument
has
little
in
common
with
Mill’s
original
plan
The
exterior
blocks
of
marble
are
laid
in
2
foot
courses
of
regular
ashlar
, or
squared
stone
,
backed
by
rubble
masonry
,
up
to the
150
foot
level
,
where
government
engineers
begin
their
work
. They
substituted
for the
rubble
masonry
backing
a
solid
wall
of
New
England
granite
,
which
is
carried
to the
452
foot
level
,
where
through
and
through
blocks
of
marble
begin
. At the
470
foot
level
the
stone
ribs
of the
pyramidion
itself
,
starting
at the
500
foot
level
,
is
composed
of
marble
slabs
7
inches
thick
laid
over
the
stone
ribs
. A
3,300
pound
capstone
secures
the
slab
. The
capstone
is
tipped
with an
aluminum
pyramid
8
9/10
inches
high
,
weighting
100
ounces
,
which
is
surrounded
by
144
platinum-tipped
lightning
conductors
. This, the
largest
and
costliest
solid
block
of
aluminum
cast
up
to that
time
,
1884
,
is
inscribed
on
all
four
side
–
north
,
names
of the
members
of the
commission
which
completed
the
construction
;
west
,
important
dates
in the
history
of the
Monument
;
south
, the
names
of the
technical
staff
;
east
, the
Latin
phrase
,
“Laus
Deo.”
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
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State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
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Ohio Historical Society
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Date modified
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