The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-12
HAVING CONSTRUCTED THE
LINCOLN sMEM0RIALsA So. re 3
+ 100000 STRUCTURE.
THE GROUND BROKEN TODAY,
ANNIVERSARY OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN.
THERE WAS NO FORMAL CERE.
MoNY AT BEGINNING OF
THE WORK. g.
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7 I. l. 3 4 r 80
of the birth Of Abraham Lincoln
for the Lincoln Memorial, a $4,000,
900 structure, the purpose of whose
designers is that IT shall stand
through time as an example Of the
best in architecture and sculptur,
that this age could produce. q
There was no formal ceremon,
connected with the beginning d
the work for the reason that there
was not sufficient time between tlt
completion Of the details Of sign:
ms the contracts and the birthday
anniversary of the Smartyred, spresi!
dent tos arrange a program Of SUI!
dcient excellence to mark the open!
ing of a work Of such magnitude
and sentimental Importance. So ii
was decided to let the ceremonies "a
over until the laying Of the corrie,
stone. Former President Taft,
chairman of tho Lincoln Memorial
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Commission. did not come to tho
city to see the work start. i
Tie site for tile memorial is in
Potomac Park on an .axls''. plan.
ned more than a century ago, a,
one end of which is the Capitol, the
monument Of the government; and
|. atlthe other. more than q; mile 10 the
west, the Washington. Monument. a
still farther to the west, will: be
the Lincoln Memorial, where il will
have relation with the Capital and
the Washington q Monument that
would be impossible on, any other
site. and will be closely. related al.
SO with Arlington Cemetery. where
those who, fought for thesUnion are are
buried. 1t Is planned eto !, have,
some day, asmemorial bridge link.
ing Sthe eiLincoln3 Il Memorial with
Arlingtoa.Ssi u IN III liil
The design Of the memorial is
q I-hF - E
the work of Henry Bacon. a New
York ar4iiteet, approved by the
Memorial Commission. His ideas was
that the t,mcmorialdtt ,eLincolrl
should be composed OF four features
"a statue of the man, memorial,
Of his Gettysburg speech, a mem.
mortal of his second inaugural ad.
dress, and a symbol Of the. United
States which he preserved. Each
feature will be related ito thei'oth.
ers by means of design and position
aud each will be so !; arranged that
II will become an integral part Of
the whole lin order to attain unity
and simplicity in the. monument.
Eacl, feature isismeant to impress
the beholder With its greatest force
and this it is sought TO accomplish
by means Of isolation. though moi
TO the extent Of impairing the rela.
tion, Of each feature to the. otl, crs.'I
The m7Et important single Object
Viii be The statue Of Lincoln, tI,e
1iSSn being, str a seated figure 4plac:
Cd well IN the back ground Of the
largest chamber. The sculptor has
not yet been selected. This cham.
Der will b. unoccupied by any 9th:
er object that might detract from from,
The effectiveness Of the. statue and
the visitor will be alone Whit. ].
The smaller halls at each side d
the central chamber each will con.
tain a memorial, one. of the Gettys:
burg address and the other az thu
inaugural address, in bronze let.
tors on monumental tablets. whils
adjacent low reliefs will relate In
allcgory Lincoln;s qualities as evil
denced bysthose .speeches.sg 1
While these MEMORIALS witls.bsl
s6en from any part Of tie hall. thtess
are TO be partly screened fre1n TIL
central chamber By means of d row ~
Of Ionic columns. q
Surrounding the walls nclosins
these memorials to TIE man, Is plan.
ned a coli6nnade forming a [. symbol itl,
OF the union. each column repre-.
senting q state . 9 In lone 70,
each existing at the time OF Lin
coins DEATH on The walls above
the coionaade: Supported at inter.
walls by eagles viii Ebei 3 S memorial
testeons one for each state now
existing.
BY SmeaEs of terraces Il he fs;s-iis
on which the memorial will stand
viii be raised until the building
itself will be % feet higher than
the present grade. First a circular
terrace 900 feet in diameter vii,
be raised IL feet above the present
grade and on its outer edge viii he
planted four concentric rows oil
trees leaving IN the center a plateau
1855 feet in diameter-greater than
1.-THE length Of the Capitol. In the