Lynn and Jonathan Rowat with Carvings
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Lynn Rowat and Jonathan Rowat, grandsons of Thomas W. Rowat with three stone bas-relief carvings: Hippopotamus, bear, and elephant. Provided caption: Carvings placed on the Park Avenue School in Des Moines.
This file appears in: History of the Rowat Cut Stone Co.
History of the Rowat Cut Stone Co.
A history of the Rowat Cut Stone Company should begin many years back. In fact, in 1850 a boy was born into a large family in Kilmarnock, Scotland. This boy started to learn to be a stonecutter at the age of 14 and just after he was 21 years old he…