Abraham Lincoln Statue and Park

Abraham Lincoln Statue and Park
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; -91.66472Coordinates: 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 # 00001197 [1]
Added to NRHP December 14, 2016

Abraham Lincoln Statue and Park is an 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "History". Clermont, Iowa. Archived from the original on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  3. ↑ 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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