Red sandstone block from the Beckwith Memorial Building and Theatre in Dowagiac, c. 1893; the block is red colored with a rectangular shape, curved ridge on bottom edge and flat ridge on top edge and a valley between the two ridges; rough backside and upper and lower edges; this piece may have been part of the archways

H—6 W—18 D—6.55 inches

c. 1892

stone was found in Beckwith Park (site of the Beckwith Building before its razing in the 1960s) in the summer of 2003 when the city had to reset the bricks in the park due to sinking. The blocks were in the hole created by the excavation and were salvaged by the donor.

2005—0010.0002

Brick

Beckwith Memorial Building
Beckwith Theatre