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Abraham Lincoln Statue

A Grade II Listed Building in City Centre, Manchester

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4797 / 53°28'46"N

Longitude: -2.2471 / 2°14'49"W

OS Eastings: 383695

OS Northings: 398134

OS Grid: SJ836981

Mapcode National: GBR DJH.3M

Mapcode Global: WHB9G.GS5S

Plus Code: 9C5VFQH3+V4

Entry Name: Abraham Lincoln Statue

Listing Date: 3 October 1974

Last Amended: 6 June 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1293302

English Heritage Legacy ID: 387946

ID on this website: 101293302

Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2

County: Manchester

Electoral Ward/Division: City Centre

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Manchester

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Manchester St Ann

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

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Description


MANCHESTER

SJ8398SE BRAZENNOSE STREET 698-1/1/869 (South side) 03/10/74 Abraham Lincoln Statue (Formerly Listed as: PLATT FIELDS PARK, Fallowfield Abraham Lincoln Statue to south of Platt Hall)

II

Statue. 1919. By George Gray Barnard. Bronze. Over-life-size statue on high late C20 plinth. This statue by the American sculptor George Gray Barnard (1863-1938) is another cast of that installed in Lytle Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1917 and was given to the City of Manchester in 1919 by Mr and Mrs Charles Phelps Taft, of Cincinnati, the Sulgrave Institution, and the Anglo-American Society. Since a suitable city -centre site could not be found it was set in Platt Fields Park and then was resited in Lincoln Square in 1986.

Listing NGR: SJ8369598134

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