Jct. of Mill and Stone, Clermont, Iowa. County/parish: Fayette.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 30, 2000. NRIS 00001197.
1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338842