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Civil War Memorial (Sycamore, Illinois)
The Civil War Memorial, in the DeKalb County county seat of Sycamore, Illinois, United States, is located in front of the DeKalb County Courthouse on a public square. The memorial was erected in 1896 and dedicated in 1897. The structure is a memorial to the thousands of DeKalb County residents who served in the American Civil War. It incorporates an obelisk which rises to 50 feet (15.2 m) in height. The base is adorned with copper sculpture, completed by an unknown sculptor. On the east facade of the memorial the word "Antietam", denoting the Battle of Antietam, is misspelled. This work of public art underwent its first restoration work in 2005-2006.
The memorial is included among the 187 buildings and structures considered contributing properties to the Sycamore Historic District. The historic district was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The structure also has artistic significance as it is listed by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in their research database. It is one of the few sculptures in DeKalb County found within that database. The Civil War Memorial is owned by DeKalb County.
==History==
The DeKalb County Civil War Memorial and the sculpture that adorns it was created by an unknown sculptor and installed in front of the DeKalb County Courthouse in 1896.〔"(Civil War Memorial )," Property Information Report, Sycamore Historic District, HAARGIS Database, ''Illinois Historic Preservation Agency''. Retrieved July 8, 2007.〕〔"(Civil War Memorial ), Art Inventories Catalog (IAS IL000424), Smithsonian Institution Research Information System, ''Smithsonian American Art Museum''. Retrieved July 8, 2007.〕 The county-owned memorial stands on the public square in Sycamore, the county seat and is 50 feet (15.2 m) tall.〔 The structure was dedicated on June 24, 1897 as a memorial to the 2,388 people from DeKalb County who served in the military during the American Civil War.〔〔Ritzman, Floyd. (Image of dedication ceremony ), (1897), Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project, Northern Illinois University Libraries. Retrieved February 28, 2007.〕〔Hernandez, Aracely. (Civil War monuments are getting a facelift ), ''Daily Chronicle'', July 23, 2005. Retrieved February 28, 2007.〕
In July 2005 the statues adorning the monument underwent a restoration.〔 DeKalb County appropriated US$15,000 for the project which, among other tasks, repaired a split seam in one of the soldier statues and a crack in the other sculpture's base.〔 The project took approximately six months; the statues were removed for the duration of the restoration work and reinstalled in March 2006. During the restoration it was revealed that the statues, thought to be bronze, were actually copper.〔Herra, Dana. (Civil War statues reinstalled after overdue cleaning ), ''Daily Chronicle'', March 2, 2006. Retrieved February 28, 2007.〕 The work, the first in the 110-year history of the memorial, was completed at a cost of $16,500.〔 Three months after the work was completed one of the statues was removed for a second time because the metal began to oxidize.〔Herra, Dana. (Green soldier gets second scrubbing ), ''Daily Chronicle'', June 8, 2006. Retrieved February 28, 2007.〕
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