Daniel chester french the leading american sculptor of the day created the famous statue.
Lincoln memorial marble statue.
From the chamber of the memorial one can appreciate the different stones used in its construction.
The lincoln memorial includes 36 columns of colorado marble one for each state in the union at the time of lincoln s death in 1865.
The statue is subtly bordered by two pilasters one on each side.
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The names of the 48 contiguous states are listed above the colonnade and the dates of their admission to the union are engraved in roman numerals.
Directly beneath this lies a platform of tennessee marble 34 feet 5 inches long 28 feet 1 inch wide and 6 inches high.
Each column stands 44 feet 13 4 metres high.
Lincoln memorial memorial building in washington containing a large marble statue of abraham lincoln american capital capital of the united.
The lincoln memorial suits its surroundings so well that it seems to have always been there.
Between these pilasters and above lincoln s head lies an engraved inscription.
White colorado marble for the exterior indiana limestone for the interior walls pink tennessee marble for the floor and alabama marble for the ceiling.
The statue was designed by daniel chester french who worked to depict lincoln during the civil war stately and dignified.
Interestingly though the memorial was approved decades earlier construction did not begin until 1914 and the memorial opened to the public in 1922.