Illinois. Dept. of Public Works and Buildings, Service, C. M · Springfield, Ill. : Schnepp & Barnes, printers · leaf 18
2 feet. It is the vestibule of the catacomb, and givesaccess to view the crypts in which are placed the bodies of Mr.Lincolns wife and sons and his grandson, Abraham Lincoln, sonof Hon. Robert T. Lincoln. On the south side of the base is an-other semi-circular projection of the same size, but this… … LINCOLN MONUMENT. 16 feet from east to west. In the angles formed by the addition ofthese two projections are handsome flights of stone steps, two oneach end. These steps are projected by granite balustrades, whichextend completely around the top of the base, which forms a ter-race. From the plane…
