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Statue
of Lincoln/ Statue of Henderson (back)
This crock is two-sided featuring the Clermont
statue of President Lincoln on one side; on
the reverse is the Clermont statue of David B.
Henderson, resident of Clermont and
first Speaker of the House to represent a
state west of the Mississippi River. (Measures
6" tall, 5" wide at the brim, 3 1/2" wide at
the base)
President Abraham Lincoln
While Governor and Mrs. Larrabee were
visiting in Edinburgh, Scotland, they saw a
statue of President Lincoln. The Governor
visualized a statue of this magnitude in a
park in Clermont. He contacted the sculptor,
George Bissell, and arranged to have a
duplicate statue cast for Clermont. The
Clermont statue, which has four Civil War
scenes depicted in bas-relief plaques on the
base, was dedicated on June 19, 1903, at the
reunion of the 12th Iowa Infantry Regiment
David B. Henderson
Governor Larrabee wanted
to honor David B. Henderson, who had just
retired as Speaker of the United States House
of Representatives. Henderson was the first
Speaker of the House to represent a state west
of the Mississippi River. He commissioned J.
Massey Rhind to sculpt Henderson’s statue.
It, too, was dedicated at the 12th
Regimental Reunion.
Clermont High School/Tower Clock
The
Clermont High School, built in 1924, became
the Clermont Junior High in 1957-1984.
One side features the High School and the
other side features a close-up of the Tower
Clock presented by the Ladies Aid
Society in 1925. The clock is featured
prominently on the front facade of the
Clermont High School Building. (Measures 6
1/8" tall by 6" wide at the brim)
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