Administered by City of Cincinnati Facilities Department 230 East 9th Street Cincinnati Ohio 45202
Located South Avondale School 636 Prospect Place School grounds near intersection of Reading & Forest Roads Cincinnati Ohio 45229
Date:
Dedicated Dec. 23, 1902. Rededicated May 31, 2001
Notes:
Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 16.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1994.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, OH0090, 1989.
Monumental News, Nov. 1902; Feb. 1903; June 1903; July 1903.
Monumental News, July 1903, pg. 374.
SOS Assessment Award, 1998.
Inventory staff, 2000, 2001.
SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 2001.
Summary:
The sculpture depicts Lincoln dressed in a long coat, buttoned vest, and bow tie. He gazes out into the distance and steps forward slightly with his proper left foot. Lincoln stands atop a granite base adorned on the front left corner with a bronze allegorical female figure representing Liberty. With her proper right hand she inscribes the base with the famous words from Lincoln's second inaugural address, "with malice towards none."
