Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

1007 S Race St, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Lincoln the Lawyer, also known as The Young Circuit LawyerYoung Lincoln or simply Abraham Lincoln, is a Lorado Taft sculpture now located on the 1000 block of Race Street, Urbana, Illinois, across from Urbana High School in Carle Park. Lincoln had ridden as a circuit lawyer on the 8th Judicial Circuit through Urbana from 1837–1848. The statue was paid for by a bequest of Mrs. J.O. Cunningham who, with her husband, had been friends of Lincoln since his time as a circuit lawyer. The bequest of $10,000 was funded by the sale of her house on nearby Green Street. This amount was less than half of Taft’s usual commission for work in bronze, but he may have accepted the commission because of his close ties to the community. He had been raised in nearby Champaign.

Actor: Pete Simpson
Written by: George Saunders
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