Abraham Lincoln Statue and Park

United States historic place


Abraham Lincoln Statue and Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	Junction of Mill and Stone, Clermont, Iowa
Coordinates	43°0′13″N 91°39′53″W / 43.00361°N 91.66472°W / 43.00361; -91.66472
Built	1902
Architect	George Edwin Bissell
NRHP reference No.	00001197
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. It is also referred to as the Bissell Statue after the artist who created it, George Edwin Bissell. 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."

The statue was dedicated June 19, 1903.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "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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