Abraham Lincoln Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln Jefferson

117 E Lincoln Way, Jefferson, IA 50129, USA

The Lincoln Statue is an historic structure located on the grounds of the Greene County Courthouse in Jefferson, Iowa, United States. It was erected in 1918, and individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.In 2011 it was included as a contributing property in the Jefferson Square Commercial Historic District.This was the first statue of Abraham Lincoln built beside, and dedicated to, the Lincoln Highway.The statue is a replica of W. Granville Hastings’ statue in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Wilson. The Wilsons decided to donate the statue when the present courthouse was completed in 1917. Because they had no children they reasoned they should give something substantial to the community.

Actor: Pete Simpson
Written by: George Saunders
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