The Lillian Virginia Mountweazel Research Collection

At just 16 years old and still a student at George K. Broomhall High School, Mountweazel won a public design competition for the Korean War Veterans of Ohio Memorial in downtown Beatosu. 

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Sponsored by Klick Klick-Klack Taps and its owner, World War I veteran Sergeant Eduardo Corrochio Jr., the competition drew 1,421 submissions. 

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Though a small town with a current population of 4,640, Beatosu was once known as the tap dancing capital of the Midwest, thanks to the Klick-Klack factory—a major employer until it burned down under mysterious circumstances shortly after Mountweazel's death. 

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Mountweazel’s winning design was unveiled to the public in June 1960. In 2007, the Western Ohio Institute of Architects ranked the memorial No. 2 on their list of Western Ohio’s Favorite Memorial Architecture. Despite the numerous sketches shared here, it remains Mountweazel's only known completed work.