Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln and his horse at the Lincoln Summer Home located on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in northwest Washington, D.C.

ID: 2983 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Date: 2008 November 24
This file appears in: Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District
Bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln and his horse at the Lincoln Summer Home located on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in northwest Washington, D.C.
Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

The sculptors are Stuart Williamson and Jiwoong Cheh; working for the design shop StudioIES in Brooklyn; New York. The statue differs from so many others of Abe in that this one actually shows him with a slight smile; as if Lincoln is greeting a valued friend or relative upon arrival at his summer home.

This file appears in: Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District

The Armed Forces Retirement Home Historic District includes a collection of 19th- and early-20th-century buildings, as well as an extensive historic landscapes. Dating from 1842 to 1951, the focal point is Lincoln Cottage, the centerpiece of the…