Sundial 220
- Dial City: Indianapolis
- Dial State/Province: Indiana
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 39° 49.599' N
- Dial Nr: 220
- Dial Type: Equatorial Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 86° 10.382' W
- Dial Owner: Crown Hill Cemetery
- Dial Designer: David L. Rogers
- Dial Maker: Woolery Stone Company in Bloomington, Indiana
- Dial Date: 1985-1987
- Location:
- Crown Hill Cemetery 700 W. 38th St. Enter from Clarendon Road In front of Community Mausoleum
- Description:
- A five foot diameter donut-shaped full circle equatorial pierced by equally massive Indiana Limestone shaft as gnomon. Hour numerals are Arabic. Subdivided into 15 minute increments. Equation of Time is given in the plaque at base At the time, it was declared Indiana’s largest equatorial sundial. “We wanted to build something that would catch the interest of the public,” explained Stewart D. Tompkins, then executive vice president of Crown Hill Cemetery. “We also wanted the structure to be educational."
- Inscription:
- Crown Hill Equatorial Sundial Trusts from these persons made this memorial possible: Sally E. Coleman, Margaret Hamilton Hatch, William R. Rhoades, Amy E. Collins, Ralph F. Moore, Lenorf & Leroy Sanders, Lydia M. Cravens, Fred G. Murphy, Laura M. Stark
- Other References:
- The Equatorial Sundial was commissioned by Crown Hill in 1985, fabricated at Woolery Stone Company in Bloomington, Indiana in 1986 and 1987, and completed on site in 1987 by designer and sculptor David L. Rodgers.
Last Update:
2018-09-15 20:36