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| Location | Junction of Mill and Stone, Clermont, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 43°0′13″N 91°39′53″W / 43.00361°N 91.66472°W |
| Built | 1902 |
| Architect | George Edwin Bissell |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001197 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 14, 2016 |
Abraham Lincoln Statue and Park is a historic property located in Clermont, Iowa, United States. The statue was erected in 1902, and the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1] It is also referred to as the Bissell Statue after the artist who created it, George Edwin Bissell.[1][2] The statue is a duplicate of a statue of Lincoln that was erected in Edinburgh, Scotland. The following inscription is on the statue's granite base: "Erected in 1902 in memory of soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, 1861-1865."[2]
The statue was dedicated June 19, 1903.[3]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "History". Clermont, Iowa. Archived from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ^ Baruch, Mildred C. and Ellen J. Beckman, Civil War Union Monuments, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Washington D.C., 1978 p. 48.
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