First Concrete Pavement in America Golden Jubilee Monument
1941 / Creator Unknown / Bellefontaine
A monument made of Atlas white cement with Georgia white marble used as aggregate. The front has a relief of a wagon wheel on one side and of an auto tire on the other with an eight-inch fragment cube of the original first concrete street in America (Court Avenue in Bellefontaine, Ohio) in the center.
The monument was part of a large Golden Jubilee celebration of the first concrete street in American held in Bellefonatine in 1941.
The sculpture also functions as a time capsule, with an 18-inch air-tight copper tube embedded in the monument that is filled with various records and photographs that detail the planning of the Jubilee.
The monument sits on the south side of the Logan County Courthouse facing Court Avenue.
Location: Logan County Courthouse, 101-163 E Court Ave
Title
First Concrete Pavement in America Golden Jubilee Monument
Description
A monument made of Atlas white cement with Georgia white marble used as aggregate. The front has a relief of a wagon wheel on one side and of an auto tire on the other with an eight-inch fragment cube of the original first concrete street in America (Court Avenue in Bellefontaine, Ohio) in the center.
The monument was part of a large Golden Jubilee celebration of the first concrete street in American held in Bellefonatine in 1941.
The sculpture also functions as a time capsule, with an 18-inch air-tight copper tube embedded in the monument that is filled with various records and photographs that detail the planning of the Jubilee.
The monument sits on the south side of the Logan County Courthouse facing Court Avenue.
The monument was part of a large Golden Jubilee celebration of the first concrete street in American held in Bellefonatine in 1941.
The sculpture also functions as a time capsule, with an 18-inch air-tight copper tube embedded in the monument that is filled with various records and photographs that detail the planning of the Jubilee.
The monument sits on the south side of the Logan County Courthouse facing Court Avenue.
Date
1941
Source
Articles from the Bellefontaine Daily Examiner, February 6, 1941, May 6, 1941, and June 14, 1941.
Logan County Historical Society
Identifier
1743
Location City
Location County
Provider Qualifier
Erected by
Provider Entity
Bellefontaine Junior Chamber of Commerce
Location Site
Location Street
101-163 E Court Ave
Location Type
Media Base Depth
19 inches
Media Sculpture Height
2 feet, 6 inches
Media Sculpture Width
8 feet
Media Sculpture Depth
12 inches
Media Base Width
10 feet
Installation Date
1941
Inscription
Bronze plaques 1: "This is the first Portland cement concrete street built in the United States. Constructed in 1891. Here started the better roads movement which has given our citizens from coast to coast swift and sure transportation. 1891 - 1941"
Bronze plaque 2: "Erected by the Bellefontaine Junior Chamber of Commerce."
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