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Lincoln Monument

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1911. Oakland Ave. at Lafayette St., at bluff's end

A tall, narrow shaft of granite commemorates the visit of Lincoln to Council Bluffs in the year 1859.

Writing Credits

Author: 
David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim
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Citation

David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim, "Lincoln Monument", [Council Bluffs, Iowa], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IA-01-MW035.

Print Source

Buildings of Iowa, David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 468-468.

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