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Lincoln Memorial Circle

Lincoln Memorial
Aerial view of Lincoln Memorial - east side EDIT.jpeg
Aerial View (2010)
Lincoln Memorial is located in Central Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Memorial is located in the District of Columbia
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Memorial is located in the US
Lincoln Memorial
Location West End of National Mall, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′21.5″N 77°3′0.4″W / 38.889306°N 77.050111°W / 38.889306; -77.050111Coordinates: 38°53′21.5″N 77°3′0.4″W / 38.889306°N 77.050111°W / 38.889306; -77.050111
Area 27,336 square feet (2,539.6 m2)
Built 1914–1922
Architect Henry Bacon (architect)
Daniel Chester French (sculptor)
Architectural style Greek Revival
Visitation 6,546,518 (2013)
Website Lincoln Memorial
NRHP Reference # 66000030
Added to NRHP October 15, 1966
External video
Lincoln Memorial in June 2012.jpg
Laser Scan: Lincoln Memorial (0:33), DJS Associates from the Lincoln Memorial Project

The Lincoln Memorial is an American 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., across from the Washington Monument. The architect was Henry Bacon; the designer of the primary statue – Abraham Lincoln, 1920 – was Daniel Chester French; the Lincoln statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers; and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin. Dedicated in 1922, it is one of several monuments built to honor an American president. It has always been a major tourist attraction and since the 1930s has been a symbolic center focused on race relations.

The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln, "The Gettysburg Address" and his Second Inaugural Address. The memorial has been the site of many famous speeches, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, during the rally at the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Like other monuments on the National Mall – including the nearby Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and National World War II Memorial – the memorial is administered by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks group. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 15, 1966. It is open to the public 24 hours a day. In 2007, it was ranked seventh on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. Since 2010, approximately 6 million people visit the memorial annually.


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