The company started when brothers morgan louis mcneel and r m.
Mcnell marble company.
The firm is best remembered for the civil war monuments it constructed in the southern states of the united states.
The statue was manufactured by the mcneel marble company of marietta georgia.
The monument however was not moved and remained on the courthouse grounds.
The mcneel marble company of marietta founded in 1892 became the south s largest manufacturer of confederate monuments.
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.
In the process of moving the courthouse however.
Brothers morgan and r m.
Indeed a 1913 advertisement from the company boasted about the over one.
The mcneel often mispelled as mcneil marble company of marietta georgia placed monuments throughout the south for almost 75 years.
The interest in these monuments was capitalized upon by companies like the mcneel marble company of marietta georgia.
The same advertisement exhorted patriotic southerners.
When a new courthouse was constructed to the west of this building the earlier courthouse was torn down in order to constructing parking.
The mcneel marble works of marietta georgia was founded in 1892 by morgan louis mcneel and his brother r.
The company commissioned allen newman 1875 1940 to create the sculptures.