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| monument, 107 acres (45 hectares), in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; built 1914–17. The building, designed by Henry Bacon and styled after a Greek temple, has 36 Doric columns representing the states of the Union at the time of Lincoln’s death. Inside the building is a heroic statue of Lincoln by Daniel Chester French and two murals by Jules Guerin. |
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