State of Wisconsin - National Parks Gallery

Name: Wisconsin
Level: 100-ft.
Donor: State of Wisconsin
Dates: 1851/1850s
Original material: limestone
Dimensions: 2' x 4'
Sculptor/Carver: Algernon L. Wood
Original inscription: Wisconsin Admitted May 29.1848
Documented material history:
• 1850-51: “. . . Governor Dewey appointed Algernon L. Wood to procure, dress, inscribe, and ship the stone. Begun in 1850, finished early in 1851, and sent to Washington upon the opening of navigation of the rivers, April 9, 1851. A letter was received April 29,
1851 with a bill of lading that the stone had been shipped on April 11, 1851. . . .” [MR]
• 1850s: “Wisconsin is well represented by a block of native white marble. . . .” [RW]