Wabash  

 Sundial: 1125
State/Province:  Indiana Country:  USA
Dial Type:  Horizontal Dial Condition:  Poor
  Latitude and Longitude: 40° 47.916' N  85° 49.327' W
Location:
  • Wabash County Superior Court
    59 W Hill St.,
    Wabash, IN 46992,

    Dial is at the left-front of the court house, next to a matching bench and concrete vase.
 
Description:
  • This horizontal bronze dial is approximately 12 inches (30cm) in diameter with a heavy green patina. The gnomon long ago was broken off. The inner chapter ring shows local solar time in half hour increments marked in Roman numerals from 6am to 6pm. The dial is decorated by an hour glass. The dial sets on a square 12x12 in (30x30cm) plinth. The pedestal is a column 4 in (10cm) in diameter and approximately 36in (91cm) tall with the top half fluted.

    Most interesting is that this dial, dedicated in 1930, was placed by Daughters of Union Veteran of the Civil War in memory of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). The dial's overall characteristic differs from those in Hamilton and Columbus OH and Springfield, IL (all of these dials were dedicated in the 1940's), but the sentiment of perpetuating the memory of Union Soldiers who fought in the civil war remains the same
 
General Information:Inscription:
  • Owner: Wabash County Superior Court
  • On the Outer Chapter Ring:
    "To Perpetuate the memories of our fathers"
    On the Inner Chapter Ring:
    "G.A.R. - D. of U.V."

    On a separate near by plaque
    "To perpetuate the memories of our fathers"
    Placed by daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865
    Gail Roberts, Dept. Pat Instr.
    Frances M Bilyeu, Dept President
    1930
  • Designer: unknown
  • Builder: unknown
  • Construction Date: dedicated 1930
 
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