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Shedd Aquarium

The Last Stop Abraham Lincoln Statue

Northwest Corner of Square, Taylorville, IL 62568

Presidential History

The world's only statue of Abe Lincoln and a pig commemorates Lincoln's bemused request for a "writ of quietus" to calm noisy pigs gathered under the courthouse floor. "The Last Stop" refers to the location on the old 8th Judicial Circuit.

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