Beginner
≈ 1 h 45 minSuggested range1 h – 3 h
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Architecture · SET 21022
Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial is recreated as a white Architecture miniature with a colonnade and rectangular base.
- Pieces
- 274
- Release year
- 2015
- Theme
- Architecture
- Set number
- 21022
- LEGO recommended age
- 12+
- Archived regional retail price · Germany
- 29.99 €
Archived regional retail price in the stated market and currency. It does not establish the Italian launch price; no estimated currency conversion. Brickset ↗ · Reference checked on 22 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English archive ↗ · Checked on 26 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
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Editorial estimate · first build
Intermediate
≈ 1 h 15 minSuggested range45 min – 2 hExperienced
≈ 45 minSuggested range30 min – 1 h 30 minBased on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.
How we estimate times · sources and method
Editorial assessment: The Lincoln Memorial is recreated as a white Architecture miniature with a colonnade and rectangular base. Aligning the small colonnade elements requires more care than the dimensions suggest. A first build following the instructions, including normal piece finding; an adult may help when needed. Breaks and subsequent play are excluded. For older sets, unnumbered bags or previously mixed pieces may prolong sorting. No verified timed build: indicative values with substantial variation.
Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.
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- LEGO · set manual ↗
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Checked: 26 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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BEYOND THE BRICKS
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Inside the set
A symmetrical building
Columns surround the central core beneath the low roof.
LEGO sourcePrecise repetition
Aligning the small colonnade elements requires more care than the dimensions suggest.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
The stories, places and inventions behind your build.
Thirty-six symbolic columns
Columns and states.
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The 36 columns represent states at Lincoln’s death, named in the frieze. Higher walls list the 48 states of 1922, while a plaque commemorates Alaska and Hawaii, preserving several moments in federal history rather than one fixed count.
Dedicated in 1922
Dedicating the memorial.
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President Warren G. Harding dedicated the memorial on 30 May 1922. Built chiefly from Colorado marble and Indiana limestone, it faces the Reflecting Pool and Washington Monument, while Lincoln’s speeches inside connect architecture with words and the National Mall landscape.
Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026
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Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works and Concertos
Seong-Jin Cho, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons
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