who paid for the carving on stone mountain
Stone Mountain
The carving was conceived by Mrs. C. Helen Plane , a charter member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy ( UDC ) . The Venable Brothers , owners of the mountain , deeded the north face of the mountain to the UDC in 1916 . The UDC was given 12 years to complete a sizable Civil War monument . Gutzon Borglum was commissioned to do the carving . Borglum abandoned the project in 1925 ( and later went on to begin Mount Rushmore ) . The US Mint issued a 1925 Commemorative silver US half dollar , along with the words `` Stone Mountain '' as part of a fundraiser for the monument . American sculptor Augustus Lukeman continued until 1928 , when further work stopped for thirty years . In 1958 , at the urging of Governor Marvin Griffin , the Georgia legislature approved a measure to purchase Stone Mountain for $1,125,000 . In 1963 , Walker Hancock was selected to complete the carving , and work began in 1964 . The carving was completed by Roy Faulkner , who later operated a museum ( now closed ) on nearby Memorial Drive commemorating the carving 's history . The carving was completed on March 3 , 1972 . An extensive archival collection related to the project is now at Emory University , with the bulk of the materials dating from 1915 to 1930 ; the ' finding aid ' provides a history of the project , and an index of the papers contained in the collection . 
The carving was conceived by Mrs. C. Helen Plane , a charter member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy ( UDC ) . The Venable Brothers , owners of the mountain , deeded the north face of the mountain to the UDC in 1916 . The UDC was given 12 years to complete a sizable Civil War monument . Gutzon Borglum was commissioned to do the carving . Borglum abandoned the project in 1925 ( and later went on to begin Mount Rushmore ) . The US Mint issued a 1925 Commemorative silver US half dollar , along with the words `` Stone Mountain '' as part of a fundraiser for the monument . American sculptor Augustus Lukeman continued until 1928 , when further work stopped for thirty years . In 1958 , at the urging of Governor Marvin Griffin , the Georgia legislature approved a measure to purchase Stone Mountain for $1,125,000 . In 1963 , Walker Hancock was selected to complete the carving , and work began in 1964 . The carving was completed by Roy Faulkner , who later operated a museum ( now closed ) on nearby Memorial Drive commemorating the carving 's history . The carving was completed on March 3 , 1972 . An extensive archival collection related to the project is now at Emory University , with the bulk of the materials dating from 1915 to 1930 ; the ' finding aid ' provides a history of the project , and an index of the papers contained in the collection .
The US Mint issued a 1925 Commemorative silver US half dollar, along with the words `` Stone Mountain '' as part of a fundraiser for the monument.
In 1958, at the urging of Governor Marvin Griffin, the Georgia legislature approved a measure to purchase Stone Mountain for $1,125,000.
The US Mint issued a 1925 Commemorative silver US half dollar , along with the words `` Stone Mountain '' as part of a fundraiser for the monument . In 1958 , at the urging of Governor Marvin Griffin , the Georgia legislature approved a measure to purchase Stone Mountain for $1,125,000 .