State of Illinois - National Parks Gallery

Name: Illinois
Level: 50-ft.
Donor: State of Illinois
Dates: 1850s/1850s
Original material: limestone
Dimensions: 2' x 4'
Sculptor/Carver: not known
Original inscription: Illinois. State Sovereignty: National Union.
Documented material history:
• 1850: “The Illinois contribution to the Washington Monument bears this inscription: ‘Illinois—State Sovereignty—National Union.” [SDR, July 3, 1850.]
• 1850s: “[Illinois has] sent a block of buff colored native lime-stone, which looks very durable. Its surface is well polished . . .” [RW]