The 14-foot statue is surrounded by smaller works depicting other famous Kentuckians
such as Henry Clay and Jefferson Davis. Sculptor Adolph A. Weinman also designed
the statue of Lincoln in Hodgenville, Kentucky, near Abraham Lincoln's birthplace.Weinman Statue in
Frankfort, Kentucky
When you walk into the Kentucky State Capitol you will see this commanding
bronze statue in the rotunda. It was presented to the Commonwealth
of Kentucky by James Breckinridge Speed of Louisville, who donated
$40,000 for its creation. On November 8, 1911, President William Howard
Taft dedicated the work, one year after the building opened.
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