McNeel Marble Works

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The McNeel Marble Works of Marietta, Georgia, was founded in 1892 by Morgan Louis McNeel and his brother, R. M. McNeel. Its location near the Blue Ridge Mountains provided the firm with access to areas where marble and granite could be quarried. [1]

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The firm is best remembered for the Civil War monuments it constructed in the southern states of the United States. [2]

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Arkansas Memorial

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References

  1. "McNeel Marble Company Collection, circa 1906-1940s - Kennesaw State University Archives". archivesspace.kennesaw.edu.
  2. "SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System". siris-artinventories.si.edu.
  3. McNeel Marble Works (ed.). "Chester Confederate Monument". Siris-artinventories.si.edu. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  4. Garrett, Franklin M. (1969). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s. University of Georgia Press. p. 508. ISBN   978-0-8203-3905-4 via Google Books.
  5. "At Rest Arms, (Sculpture)".
  6. McNeel Marble Works, ed. (November 19, 2017). "Comrades" via siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.
  7. Frazier, E. B. "Jasper County Confederate Monument" via siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.