State of Indiana - National Parks Gallery

Name: Indiana
Level: 50-ft.
Donor: State of Indiana
Dates: 1850/1850s
Original material: limestone
Dimensions: 2' x 4'
Sculptor/Carver: not known
Original inscription: Indiana: knows no North, no South, nothing but the Union.
Documented material history:
• 1850: “The Legislature of Indiana having taken the necessary measures to forward a block of Indiana marble to Washington, to be placed in the National Monument . . .”[SDR, February 13, 1850.]
• 1850: “The block from Indiana was received as noted by the Clerk on August 6, 1850.” [MR]
• 1850: “From Indiana, a block of variegated limestone, of a grayish tint, the usual size ...” [DNI, August 7, 1850.]
• 1850s: “. . . native lime-stone. . . .” [RW]