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Essential Architecture- Chicago
Northeast Abraham Lincoln Monument |
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architect |
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (sculptor), Stanford White (architect) of McKim, Mead & White |
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location |
Lincoln Park at North Dearborn Parkway |
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date |
1887 |
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style |
Beaux-Arts |
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Stone |
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type |
Monument |
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One of the oldest and most important public sculptures in Chicago, this
monument to America’s sixteenth president influenced a generation of
sculptors due to its innovative combination of a natural-looking
Lincoln—depicted deep in thought as he is about to begin a speech—with a
Classical-style architectural setting. It is the work of two
nationally-important American designers and is widely considered to be
the most significant nineteenth-century sculpture of Lincoln.
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links |
With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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