Tribute to Service, (sculpture).

Tribute to Service, (sculpture).

Taylor, B. Harold, sculptor.

Tribute to Service, (sculpture).

Dedicated June 14, 1941.

Approx. 4 x 8 x 1 ft.

(On front, on upper bronze plaque:) 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 (On front, on lower bronze plaque:) ERECTED BY/THE BELLEFONTAINE/JUNIOR CHAMBER/OF COMMERCE unsigned

A rectangular concrete monument with relief images of a wagon wheel and an automobile tire.

Object -- Other -- Wheel

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Bellefontaine

Logan County Courthouse, 101 South Main Street, Lawn, Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311

The monument was erected to celebrate the golden jubilee of the laying of the first concrete pavement in America at Bellefontaine, Ohio in 1891. For additional information see: Bellefontaine Examiner, June 12, 1941, pg. 7 (Jubilee section); Springfield News-Sun, June 13, 1941; June 14, 1941; June 15, 1941.

Smith, Richard P., Mrs., 2004.

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