Lincoln Memorial
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Contact Information:
Lincoln Memorial
900 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, DC 20024
202-426-6841
http://www.nps.gov/linc/
Size: 107 acres.
Location: The Lincoln Memorial is located on 23rd Street, between Independence and Constitution avenues in Washington, DC.
Description: This classical structure contains a 19-foot-high marble seated statue of Abraham Lincoln by sculptor Daniel Chester French. Murals, painted by Jules Guerin depicting principles evident in Lincoln's life, are on the north and south walls of the memorial above inscriptions of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address. The building is constructed primarily of Colorado Yule marble and Indiana limestone. Architect of the building was Henry Bacon.
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Operating
Hours:
Park
rangers are present on the site every day of the year except for December 25th.
History:
Authorized on February 9, 1911. Dedicated on May 30, 1922. Transferred from Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital on August 10, 1933.
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