page_title: Civil War Memorial (Adrian, Michigan)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Civil War Memorial (Adrian, Michigan) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Latrobe Column for Memorial
context_page_description: The Civil War Memorial is a marble monument situated in the center of Memorial Park in Adrian, Michigan. The monument was designated as a Michigan Historic Site on August 13, 1971 and later added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 29, 1972. It was unveiled on July 4, 1870 to commemorate soldiers from Adrian who died in the American Civil War.
context_section_description: The Civil War Memorial ties together the cities of Adrian and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The column used in the monument was originally one of the six marble columns on the eastern facade of the former Bank of Pennsylvania building in Philadelphia.  The bank building and the column itself were built in 1799.
  The Bank of Pennsylvania building, which was considered one of the first examples of Greek Revival architecture in the United States, was demolished in 1867.  With Congressional permission, Joint resolution N0-78, July 27, 1868,  one of the six columns was acquired by The Hon. F.C. Beeaman, member of Congress and former Mayor of the city and J. Fred Myers Esq. of Washington, a former well known citizen of Adrian and was donated to the monument association by Hon. Hugh McCulloch, then Secretary of the Treasury of the United States after its destruction.  It remains one of the only surviving piece of the original Bank of Pennsylvania building in Michigan. Wilmington, Delaware, has another column.
caption: Congressional resolution donating column for use in a memorial
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