ID: 700008524 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008524	Record Type: Built Work
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Lincoln Memorial (memorial (monument); architect: Henry Bacon (American, 1866-1924); sculptor: Dani...; designed 1911-1912; constructe...; The Mall (Washington, District of Columbia, United States, N...)

Note: National monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The cornerstone was set in 1915, and the completed memorial was dedicated before more than 50,000 people on May 30, 1922. Lincoln’s only surviving son, Robert Todd Lincoln, attended the ceremony. includes 36 columns of Colorado marble, one for each state in the Union at the time of Lincoln’s death in 1865; each column stands 44 feet (13.4 metres) high. The names of the 48 contiguous states are listed above the colonnade, and the dates of their admission to the Union are engraved in Roman numerals. Because Hawaii and Alaska attained statehood several decades after the Lincoln Memorial was finished, their names are inscribed on a plaque located on the front steps. The interior features a 19-foot (5.8-metre) seated statue of Lincoln made of Georgia white marble. It was assembled on the premises from 28 pieces and rests on a pedestal of Tennessee marble.

Titles:

Lincoln Memorial (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

memorial (monument) [300006956] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: designed 1911-1912; constructed 1914-1922

Creator Display:

architect: Henry Bacon (American, 1866-1924); sculptor: Daniel Chester French (American, 1850-1931) [preferred,VP]

sculptor French, Daniel Chester (American sculptor, 1850-1931) [500009434]

architect Bacon, Henry (American architect, 1866-1924) [500029359]

Locations:

Current: National Mall [7015727] Washington (inhabited place), DC (national district), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 38°53′21.48″N 77°3′0.40″W

Display Materials: exterior: Colorado Yule marble, interior walls and columns: Indiana limestone

	Colorado Yule marble [300011578]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock, marble (rock), <marble by color or pattern>, white marble)

	Indiana limestone [300011321]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock, limestone, <limestone by composition>, <limestone by composition: aggregate type>, oolitic limestone)

Dimensions: area 27,336 square feet

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	commemoration (function) [300404834]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, social functions) (AAT)

	Abraham Lincoln (American president, 1809-1865) [500344436]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Related Works:

	is architectural context for .... Statue of Abraham Lincoln [700009030]
	..........colossal sculpture; designed by Daniel Chester French; carved by Piccirilli Brot...; 1911-1922; The Mall (Washington, District of Columbia, United States, N...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual works by class: for architecture

............... Lincoln Memorial Project

Sources and Contributors:
Lincoln Memorial	........ [VP]
	........ McGee, Colorado Yule Marble: Lincoln Memorial (1999)
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	........ National Park Service [online] (1998-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)