Near Rockport in Spencer County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
George H. Honig
At the age of 14, George was a Lincoln scholar and interviewed people in the area that knew Abraham Lincoln.
He was valedictorian of Rockport High School Class of 1893. He attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
At age 40, he studied art in New York City where he was an assistant of Herman MacNeil, and helped work on the statue in Washington Square in New York.
He was considered to be one of the leading sculptors of the Midwest. He was engaged to design statuary groups for the Evansville Coliseum. He also made an eight foot statue of a soldier for the state of Colorado with a replica of the same statue in Kansas.
Mr. Honig made statuettes, portraits, crayon drawings, water and oil colors, and pencil sketches of people and places in the Evansville area. He published a book of sketches and made hundreds of historic plaques around the United States.
He worked for many years to build Southern Indiana into a historical Mecca around Abraham Lincoln. One of his projects was the Lincoln Pioneer Village in Rockport, Indiana.
Mr. Honig is listed in Art and Artists of Indiana, Who's Who in Evansville, Biographies of American Artists Active from 1898-1947, and Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers. In 1957, he was named the first honorary member of the Evansville College Chapter of Kappa Pl, national art fraternity.
Mr. Honig died in Evansville, Indiana on May 4, 1962.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical date for this entry is August 3, 1874.
Location. 37° 54.995′ N, 87° 8.955′ W. Marker is near Rockport, Indiana, in Spencer County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of West County Road 200 North and South County Road 500 West, on the left when traveling east. Marker is in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4664 W County Rd 200 N, Rockport IN 47635, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Alda McCoy Honig (here, next to this marker); Bakers Creek Baptist Church (approx. 4.3 miles away); Vietnam Honor Roll (approx. 5˝ miles away); Rockport High School (approx. 5.7 miles away); Daniel Grass (approx. 6 miles away); Rockport Pioneer Cemetery (approx. 6 miles away); General James C. Veatch (approx. 6 miles away); Revolutionary War Honor Roll - Spencer County (approx. 6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rockport.
Also see . . . George H. Honig, S.C. This website dedicated to Honig includes details about his life and photographs of some of his voluminous works. (Submitted on October 4, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 79 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 4, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.