Washburn, The Monolith City

Washburn, The Monolith City (HMWNF)

Location: Washburn, WI 54891 Bayfield County
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N 46° 40.4', W 90° 53.471'

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This title was given back in 1892 when Frederick Prentice, president of the Prentice Brownstone Co. of Wisconsin, offered to supply a huge brownstone monolith for the Wisconsin Exhibit at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. He proposed to furnish this impressive one-piece structure at a size of 110 feet high, 10 feet wide at the base and coming to an apex of 2½ feet, which, according to Mr. Prentice, would eclipse the Egyptian Obelisk that measured 105 feet, 7 inches high. The stone was to be quarried from one of the Prentice operations and shipped by barge to Chicago. The Houghton quarry was selected because it had the best brownstone for the purpose, i.e., free from clay pockets, tints and streaks. A gala banquet was held when the stone was broken loose to celebrate Mr. Prentice's huge undertaking and generous gift. Unfortunately, the cut stone never left the quarry. Mr. Prentice withdrew his offer and the huge stone was cut and reshaped for use in other buildings.

The brownstone obelisk before you was created in the likeness of that early monolith, only on a ?th scale (27½ feet) and from many separate pieces, whereas a monolith is comprised of one single piece.By Art H. MacLeod, Washburn Area Historical Society
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Placed ByWashburn Area Historical Society
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Date Added Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 1:36pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 661296 N 5171023
Decimal Degrees46.67333333, -90.89118333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 46° 40.4', W 90° 53.471'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds46° 40' 24.00" N, 90° 53' 28.26" W
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Area Code(s)715
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1 E Bayfield St, Washburn WI 54891, US
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