Statue of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is a marble sculpture of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln by Irish artist Lot Flannery, located in front of the old District of Columbia City Hall in Washington, D.C., United States.

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Description: artwork by Lot Flannery
Also known as: “Abraham Lincoln” and “Abraham Lincoln Statue”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.

National Mall

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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

National Gallery of Art

Museum

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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Statue of Abraham Lincoln.

United States Capitol

Photo: Ottojula, Public domain.

The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. United States Capitol is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Statue of Abraham Lincoln.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and East End.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

East End

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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Downtown

Suburb

Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.

Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

Statue of Abraham Lincoln

Categories: sculpture, park, statue, and tourism
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.89504° or 38° 53′ 42″ north

Longitude

-77.01756° or 77° 1′ 3″ west

Elevation

52 feet (16 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXWJ+2X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358958288

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=statue

Wikidata ID

Q16001435

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Statue of Abraham Lincoln” goes by many names.

Arabic: “تمثال أبراهام لينكون (مبنى بلدية مقاطعة كولومبيا)”
Bengali: “আব্রাহাম লিংকন”
Cebuano: “Abraham Lincoln Statue”
French: “Abraham Lincoln”
German: “Abraham-Lincoln-Statue”
Italian: “Abraham Lincoln”
Portuguese: “Estátua de Abraham Lincoln (Prefeitura do Distrito de Columbia)”
Portuguese: “Estátua de Abraham Lincoln”
Spanish: “Estatua de Abraham Lincoln (Ayuntamiento del Distrito de Columbia)”
Spanish: “Estatua de Abraham Lincoln”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old City Hall and Washington Area Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

Nearby Places

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