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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Sedgwick County Memorial Hall and Soldiers and Sailors Monument
| nrhp_type =
| image = Sedgwick_County_Memorial_Hall_and_Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument_,_Kansas,_USA.jpg
| caption = Sedgwick County Memorial Hall and Soldiers and Sailors Monument
| location= 510 N. Main,<br>[[Wichita, Kansas]]
| coordinates={{coord|37|41|38|N|97|20|15|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Kansas#USA
| built = {{Start date|1913}}
| architect = [[E. M. Viquesney|Ernest Monroe Viquesney]], et al.
| architecture = [[Second Empire architecture|Second Empire]]
| added = November 20, 1998
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 98001359<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}
'''Sedgwick County Memorial Hall and Soldiers and Sailors Monument''' (1911–13) is a [[American Civil War|Civil War]] monument on the grounds of the Old Sedgwick County Courthouse, in [[Wichita, Kansas]]. It was designed by [[E. M. Viquesney]], with sculpture by [[Frederick Hibbard]] and the [[Mullins of Salem, Ohio|W. H. Mullins Manufacturing Company]].
The idea to construct a memorial to [[Sedgwick County, Kansas|Sedgwick County]] Civil War veterans began with two local [[Grand Army of the Republic|GAR]] posts in 1904, but sufficient funds were not available until in 1911. In that year the [[Kansas State Legislature]] passed a one-time county tax levy to fund the building of monuments in counties with a population of over 72,000.<ref name="Baughman"/>
The monument consists of a [[Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada|Second Empire]] granite pavilion adorned with five statues.  Its dome is crowned by a hammered copper figure of ''Liberty'' holding a flag and a [[laurel wreath]], made by the W. H. Mullins Company of [[Salem, Ohio]]. At the base of the dome are four life-sized bronze figures by Hibbard representing the ''Infantry'', ''Cavalry'', ''Artillery'', and ''Navy''.<ref>Polk, Chris Paulsen, ''Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture'' (Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 1980, revised and enlarged 1996), pp. 14-15.</ref> Inscriptions on the monument's four facades list the battles, dates and locations in which local soldiers fought.<ref name="SIRIS"/> The ''Liberty'' figure originally faced the courthouse, but after its installation the veterans decided that the statue should face outward.<ref name="SIRIS"/> Rotating it 180 degrees delayed the monument's dedication from [[Lincoln's Birthday]] to [[Flag Day (United States)|Flag Day]].<ref name="Baughman"/> The monument's interior features a Memorial Hall, 12 feet square, with two marble-and-glass cases displaying war relics. The Hall remained locked for 25 years because the key had been lost. The key was found again in 1948.<ref name="Baughman">Baughman, Joe and Linda, ''Sedgwick County Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument'', pamphlet created by the Historic Preservation Alliance, Wichita River Festival, 2002.</ref>
The monument was dedicated June 14, 1913.<ref name="SIRIS">[https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=150L785K4I564.4948&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!9201~!430&ri=2&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+Kansas+--+Wichita&index=OBJEC&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2 Soldier's and Sailor's Monument], from SIRIS.</ref> It was restored (2000–01), and rededicated on [[Veterans Day]], November 11, 2001.<ref name="SIRIS"/>
<gallery>
File:Sedgwick county kansas courthouse 2009.jpg|Old Sedgwick County Courthouse
File:Figure_atop_Sedgwick_Co._KS,_USA,_Monument.jpg|''Victory''
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[1913 in art]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Sedgwick County, Kansas]]
==References==
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[[Category:1913 sculptures]]
[[Category:Allegorical sculptures in the United States]]
[[Category:Bronze sculptures in Kansas]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1913]]
[[Category:Copper sculptures in the United States]]
[[Category:Granite sculptures in the United States]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Sedgwick County, Kansas]]
[[Category:Sculptures of men in Kansas]]
[[Category:Sculptures of women in Kansas]]
[[Category:Union (American Civil War) monuments and memorials]]