People

Arwin E Price

Arwin E. Price (born August 29, 1849, Waukesha, Wisconsin) was a manufacturer and dealer in marble, granite, and building stone, operating principally out of Elgin, Illinois. He is notable in local history for erecting several monuments in Dundee, Illinois, and is believed to have been among the more active monumental stoneworkers serving Kane County during the Gilded Age period.

Known Activities

Price came to Illinois in 1868, settling at Elgin, where he established himself in monumental work (Source: Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois (1878)). He imported Scotch Granite directly from Aberdeen, Scotland, a distinction that set his trade apart from dealers relying on domestic stone suppliers alone.

Among his recorded projects in the Dundee area, Price erected monuments for Alfred Edwards, Robert Crichton, and James Winnie — three individuals identified as Dundee residents or persons of local significance (Source: Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois (1878)). The precise cemetery or cemeteries where these monuments were placed is not specified in the source. These works are described as having been completed in the season immediately preceding the 1878 publication date.

Price also erected the soldiers' monument at Elgin, according to the same source, suggesting he held a reasonably prominent standing in the regional trade by the late 1870s.

Timeline

YearEvent
Aug. 29, 1849Born in Waukesha, Wisconsin
1868Came to Illinois; settled at Elgin
By 1878Established as manufacturer and dealer in marble, granite, and building stone; importer of Scotch Granite
c. 1877–1878Erected monuments for Alfred Edwards, Robert Crichton, and James Winnie at Dundee
By 1878Erected soldiers' monument at Elgin
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