Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Monument Park, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2019.39.1

Description

Construction of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Monument Park, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The cornerstone of the monument was laid 4 July 1898 and dedication occurred one year later on 4 July 1899. The Union School, later known as North Ward Elementary School, can be seen in the background. Original, candid.

Collection

Carl Headlee Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1898 - circa 1899

Lexicon

Search Terms

Military, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Parks--Monument Park--Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Union School, Veterans--Civil War

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

STEW-AN002-0004-0001

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Stewart Series - Carl Headlee Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Provenance Detail

Community Subseries - Stewart Series - Carl Headlee Collection

Notes

The Stewart Series was passed from Layton Stewart [1826-1902] and his wife, Louisa M. Granlee [1828-1916], to their son Norman James Stewart [1861-1939] and his wife, Martha Ellen Hixenbaugh [1875-1951], to their grandson Carl Headlee who owned and shared the Carl Headlee Collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2009. Source Citation: Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Monument Park, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania; item no. STEW-AN002-0004-0001, Carl Headlee Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).