- City:
- Terre Haute, IN
- Site Type:
- Monuments and Memorials, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agency:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Designer:
- Miller and Yeager
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
An attraction at Fairbanks Park’s north end is the Chauncey Rose Memorial. Dedicated in the 1930s to Chauncey Rose, businessman and philanthropist, it was constructed using the columns and facade from the old post office building at Seventh and Cherry and built by Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor. Among other projects, Mr. Rose endowed the Rose Polytechic Institute, now Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Date on the dedication marker was, unfortunately, defaced by vandals.
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauncey_Rose
Site originally submitted by Gina Logan on August 2, 2023.
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