- City:
- Corydon, IN
- Site Type:
- Archaeology and History, Historic Sites
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Monument
The writers of the first Indiana State Constitution are said to have worked in the shade of a large elm tree because of the hot weather in June 1816. The Constitution Elm is a five-minute walk from the original state capitol building in Corydon that was the official site of the convention. Dutch Elm Disease killed the tree in 1925 but the stump was preserved with creosote. In 1937, the Works Progress Administration built a shelter for the stump using local sandstone cut by Civilian Conservation Corps laborers. The history of the site is commemorated with a bronze tablet provided by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Source notes
Site originally submitted by Doug Logan on January 27, 2024.
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