Abraham Lincoln at The Pennsylvania State University - University Park, Pennsylvania - Abraham Lincoln on Waymarking.com

A beardless Abraham Lincoln statue study by George Grey Bernard - cast in bronze from his studio plaster - is at The Pennsylvania State University at the University Park, Pennsylvania, campus. The smaller-than-life, five-foot-tall version stands beside Heritage Hall on the first floor in the HUB-Robeson Center. It is atop a wood base to whose front a cast bronze plaque is attached and reads:

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

BY GEORGE GREY BARNARD (1863-1938)

THE DEFINITIVE STUDY, MADE IN 1913-14
FOR BARNARD'S HEROIC FIGURE OF LINCOLN
IN CINCINNATI; CAST IN BRONZE IN 1964
FROM ORIGINAL STUDIO PLASTER.

Note: Coordinates are for the building's main entrance on Pollock Road.

Commissioned and gifted by Charles P. Taft, older brother of former US President William Howard Taft, the full-sized Statue of Abraham Lincoln is 11 feet tall and was dedicated at Lytle Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 31, 1917.

Location Type: Statue/Bust/Portrait Property Type: Public Location Notes: The building is typically open to the public during regular business hours. Date of Event: Not listed URL for Additional Information: Not listed

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