Mcnell Marble Company

The monument however was not moved and remained on the courthouse grounds.

Mcnell marble company.

Signed a contract with the mcneel marble company of marietta georgia in february 1912 for the design and installation of the monument consisting of a granite rotunda and bronze sculptures at a total cost of 25 000. When a new courthouse was constructed to the west of this building the earlier courthouse was torn down in order to constructing parking. Mcnell of marietta organized the company in 1891 by 1912 they advertised as the largest monumental plant in the south confederate veteran december 1912 592. Mcneel its location near the blue ridge mountains provided the firm with access to areas where marble and granite could be quarried.

The mcneel often mispelled as mcneil marble company of marietta georgia placed monuments throughout the south for almost 75 years. Indeed a 1913 advertisement from the company boasted about the over one. The statue was manufactured by the mcneel marble company of marietta georgia. The same advertisement exhorted patriotic southerners.

The mcneel marble company of marietta founded in 1892 became the south s largest manufacturer of confederate monuments. The company commissioned allen newman 1875 1940 to create the sculptures. The mcneel marble works of marietta georgia was founded in 1892 by morgan louis mcneel and his brother r. The interest in these monuments was capitalized upon by companies like the mcneel marble company of marietta georgia.

In the process of moving the courthouse however. The company started when brothers morgan louis mcneel and r m.