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Title
William
McKinley
Monument
photograph
Subject
McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Canton (Ohio)
William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum
National Register of Historic Places
United States. Work Progress Administration
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Canton (Ohio)
Stark County (Ohio)
Description
This
image
of the
William
McKinley
Monument
,
located
in
Canton
,
Ohio
,
shows
the
monument’s
front
exterior
. A
man
and a
woman
are
descending
the
steps
(108)
that
lead
to the
memorial
building
. The
monument’s
dome
and the
statue
dominate
the
view
.
William
McKinley
,
Jr
.
(1843-1901)
, was
president
of the
United
States
from
March
1897
to
September
1901
. He was
born
in
Niles
,
Ohio
, but
spent
much
of his
life
in
Canton
,
Ohio
.
Early
in his
second
term
, in
summer
1901
,
McKinley
embarked
on a
cross-country
tour
during
which
he
stopped
in
Buffalo
,
New
York
, to
give
a
speech
at the
Pan
American
Exposition
.
Leon
Czolgosz
shot
and
fatally
wounded
the
president
during
his
visit
to the
exposition
.
McKinley
died
eight
days
later
, on
September
14
,
1901
.
Formed
after
the
president’s
death
, the
McKinley
Memorial
Association
helped
raise
the
funds
to
build
this
memorial
. The
remains
of
McKinley
, his
wife
,
Ida
Saxton
McKinley
, and
two
of their
children
are
interred
inside
the
memorial
.
Construction
began
on the
memorial
in
1905
.
Designed
by
Harold
Van
Buren
Magonigle
, the
monument
has
two
domes
.
One
dome
,
which
is
fifty
feet
in
diameter
and
seventy-five
feet
high
,
is
known
as the
interior
dome
. The
exterior
dome
is
seventy-five
feet
in
diameter
and
ninety-five
feet
high
.
President
Theodore
Roosevelt
,
who
became
president
upon
McKinley's
death
,
dedicated
the
memorial
on
September
30
,
1907
.
Located
next
to the
McKinley
National
Memorial
is
the
William
McKinley
Presidential
Library
&
Museum
,
which
contains
one
of the
largest
collections
of
McKinley
artifacts
. The
image
was
among
the
photographs
produced
by the
Federal
Works
Progress
Administration
(WPA)
between
1935
and
1943
.
Creator
Works Progress Administration
Date of Original
ca.
1935-1943
Collection
Works
Progress
Administration
,
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
;
Box
2
,
Folder
2
Format
Picture
;
Black-and-white
photograph
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL06395.tif
Image Height
5859
Image Width
5859
File Size
81803444 Bytes
Notes
Copyright
Notes
:
Government
record.
;
Cataloged
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-05
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