Seated Lincoln (Borglum)

	Seated Lincoln
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	Jct. of Springfield and Market Sts., Essex County Courthouse Plaza, Newark, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°44′13″N 74°10′40″W / 40.73694°N 74.17778°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1911
Architect	Borglum, Gutzon
Architectural style	Monument/Sculpture
MPS	Public Sculpture in Newark MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000303
NJRHP No.	2805
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1995
Designated NJRHP	February 15, 1995

Seated Lincoln is a memorial sculpture by Gutzon Borglum located next to the Essex County Courthouse in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln seated at one end of a bench was dedicated by President Theodore Roosevelt on Memorial Day 1911.^[3]

The work was funded by a $25,000 bequest by Newark businessman Amos Hoagland Van Horn, who also funded Borglum's Wars of America monument, also located in Newark.^[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1995.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Parisi, Albert J. (March 22, 1987). "STATUE GETS HELP OFFER". The New York Times. Retrieved June 19, 2010. The museum's request was simple and to the point, said Mr. Martin: It offered to completely restore the pitted, green-tinged statue free 'if we would allow the museum to cast a copy of the statue, which in turn would go on display at the base of Mount Rushmore.' {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Bullard, F. Lauriston, Lincoln in Marble and Bronze, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1952, pp.214-215.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[NJRHP-2] "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Parisi, Albert J. (March 22, 1987). "STATUE GETS HELP OFFER". The New York Times. Retrieved June 19, 2010. The museum's request was simple and to the point, said Mr. Martin: It offered to completely restore the pitted, green-tinged statue free 'if we would allow the museum to cast a copy of the statue, which in turn would go on display at the base of Mount Rushmore.' {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[4] Bullard, F. Lauriston, Lincoln in Marble and Bronze, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1952, pp.214-215.

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