Mcnell Marble Company

When a new courthouse was constructed to the west of this building the earlier courthouse was torn down in order to constructing parking.

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. The company commissioned allen newman 1875 1940 to create the sculptures. Brothers morgan and r m. 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.

The interest in these monuments was capitalized upon by companies like the mcneel marble company of marietta georgia. The mcneel marble company of marietta founded in 1892 became the south s largest manufacturer of confederate monuments. Mcneel its location near the blue ridge mountains provided the firm with access to areas where marble and granite could be quarried. The mcneel marble works of marietta georgia was founded in 1892 by morgan louis mcneel and his brother r.

The monument however was not moved and remained on the courthouse grounds. The firm is best remembered for the civil war monuments it constructed in the southern states of the united states. The company started when brothers morgan louis mcneel and r m. The mcneel often mispelled as mcneil marble company of marietta georgia placed monuments throughout the south for almost 75 years.

The same advertisement exhorted patriotic southerners. In marietta created 140 confederate monuments throughout the south including the one pulled down in durham n c and 40 in georgia.