Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-01-10
POTOMAC PARK IS
CHOSEN AS SITE
FOR MEMORIAL
Structure to Be Erected to the
Memory Of Abraham Lin
coin Will Cost Two Million
Dollars.


Washington. -. c., Jan. f0.--Ac-
cOrdlug 90 the recent decision OF tho
Lincoln Memorial commission. tho
two million dollar memorial 10 Ahra.
+ ham Lincoln Nill be- built ln Potomac
park.
The site for the memorial wiz be
az the extreme terminus of the Mall
The design selected IL that submitted
/ oy Henry Bacon. architect OF New
York
The memorial viii consist ~ roc
'augular marble structure 1856 feet
long and eighty-four feet wide. sur
rounded 90 two sides with Doric coll
umns of marble forty-four feet "a
/ height end seven feet five inches IN
diameter The structure will enclose
g central hall. within which will stand
! "a heroic ngure of Abraham Lincoln.
and the hnil van he surrounded with
Ionic columns hty feet high
/ ON one OF the walls OF the central
hall viii oo plaode a bronze tablet In
scrlhed with Linculn's first inaugural
address. while on the opposite wall
viii be fixed another tablet Of bronze
bearing the emancipator's Gettysburg
address.
/ The statue. which will face the
! Washington monument will be on a
direct line with the capitol. the Grant
memorial and the Washington mon
ument The cost OF the memorial.
according to Mr.. Bacon's plans, viii
be about S1,755.000, ana the rec
malnder OF tho $4,000 600 appropriat-
ed by congress viii he used for inn
I provements 20 the memorial site and
for architects fees. Congress has au-
I thorized the appropriation OF the en-
| tire amount, though only $50. geo has
as yet actually been appropriated. and
Of this sum $4,000 has been expend-
ed TO date. for preliminary work on
/ the selection of q site and design for
the proposed memorial
Although no provision Is made IN
/ the decision 90 tine commission for a
memorial bridge. the location of the
/ memorial IN such az 20 work In adj
mirably with the proposed memorial
bridge to span the Potomac between
I Washington and Arlington.
! The site selected, which was chosen
after fftccn fruitless meetings Of the
commission. is one that was selected
1 hy The fine arts commission appoint
ed by former President Roosevelt.
Other sites proposed were Meridian
( nm. az the high ground on 10th street
north Of Florida avenue ls known.
/ soldiers Home park. and the plaza
/ between the Union station ana the
capitol other plans proposed were
/ for memorial bridge To- connect
3 h.. 20 "A
memorial highway between Washing
ton ana Gettysburg.
The count authorized to be APP
| propriated by congress- for the orec-
1 ton Of the Lincoln memorial is the
! largest expenditure ever authorized
I by congress for such a purpose. Mr..
/ Bacou's plan ana design were sub
mittcd last winter. under authorizn-
ton ot the commission, John Russell
Pope WORKING with the New York de-
signer on the tentative plans
Mr Bacon's designs were for me-
mortal n Potomac park. and Mr.
pope's for memorial in Soldiers
Homo park or on Meridian tlL
These designs have been on exhibition
iu the new National museum building
Tor nearly a year. and have been In
spected several times by President
TAFT and other members % the COM
mission THE commission also in-
spoctsd tno different sites. and made a
VERY careful investigation of the en-
tire subject
When President Roosevelt named
the commission of fine arts ana d.
rected % to examine suitable sites q
number oi bills on tho question were
already peudiug ga congress, Repre-
.entatKe Mccall ~ Massachusetts
.1t.a "a leader In the movement IN
February 1909. President Roosevelt
gave uui letter from the hne arts
commission recommending the Poto-
mac park site.
IA 1870 auu.hcr Lincoln Memorial
association N8R started at giant
meeting presided over by Hannis Tay-
lur former United states minister 90
spain. The movement finally came
to head February p, 1917, when
congress passed nilI establishing the
Lincoln memorial commission aud
directing H 10 secure designs for @
monument on memorial to the NOM
Dry at Abraham Lincoln" 20 cost f3,-
GOO 500
The commission la August. 1871,
chose Mr.. Bacon % act as IT, adviser
ue beRan his career with Mckim
Mead q white. architects. of New
York city. by whom he was employed
aa e craftsman.
During the Chicago Columbian
worlds FAIR In 1908 $50 WIS engaged
by r. y. Mliot the Washington
sculptor who lost his llfc when the
Tltanlc sank. and d. n. Bdrnham, the
architect. 10 help la the design work