Soldiers Monument

Date

1870-1935

Location

Southeast corner of College and Professor Streets (demolished)

Architects/Collaborators

Charles H. Churchill (1824-1904), Oberlin (architect)

Style

Gothic Revival

History

The Soldiers Monument was built in 1870 at a cost of $5,000. Professor Charles H. Churchill, who taught mathematics and natural philosophy at Oberlin, was the architect. It was located on the southeast corner of College and Professor Streets. On it were inscribed the names of ninety-six Oberlin men who fell in the War of the Rebellion (Civil War). Of this number fifty-five had been enrolled as students in some department of Oberlin College. By 1935 the Monument had deteriorated and disintegrated to such an extent as to become unsafe, and it was torn down, the marble tablets being stored by the College for some future use. These tablets were incorporated into Oberlin's memorial wall in 1942-43, located in Wright Park.

Source

Oberlin College Archives, Office of the Secretary Records.