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==Honors and legacy== [[File:Hannibal Hamlin statue, Bangor, ME IMG 2073.JPG|right|thumb|Sculptor [[Charles Tefft]] of [[Brewer, Maine]], created this bronze statue of Hannibal Hamlin, which was dedicated in 1927 in downtown [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]].]] [[Hamlin County, South Dakota]] is named in his honor, as are [[Hamlin, Kansas]]; [[Hamlin, New York]]; [[Hamlin, West Virginia]]; [[Hamlin Township, Mason County, Michigan|Hamlin Township]]; [[Hamlin Lake]] in [[Mason County, Michigan]]; [[Hamlin Peak]], a mountain in [[Piscataquis County, Maine]]; and [[Hamlin, Maine|Hamlin]], a small Maine village that is a U.S.βCanada border crossing with [[Grand Falls, New Brunswick]]. There are statues in Hamlin's likeness in the [[United States Capitol]] and in a public park ([[Norumbega]] Mall) in Bangor, Maine.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Norumbega Mall, Bangor, ca. 1935|url=https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/66219|access-date=2022-02-01|website=Maine Memory Network|language=en}}</ref> There is also a building on the [[University of Maine]] Campus, in [[Orono, Maine|Orono]], named Hannibal Hamlin Hall. A fire broke out there on February 13, 1944, in which two students died and one was severely injured. The building was later rebuilt. Hannibal Hamlin Memorial Library is next to his birthplace in [[Paris, Maine]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shirak |first=Ralph |title=Hannibal Hamlin Hall |url=https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/univ_photos/452 |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=DigitalCommons@UMaine |language=en}}</ref> The Hampden Maine Historical Society exhibits a restoration of his first law office at its Kinsley House Museum grounds. [[Hannibal Hamlin House|Hamlin's house]] in [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]] subsequently housed the presidents of the adjacent [[Bangor Theological Seminary]]. It is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], as is Hamlin's birthplace in [[Paris, Maine]] (as part of the [[Paris Hill Historic District]]).<ref>{{cite book |title=National Register of Historic Places 1966-1994: Cumulative list through January 1, 1994 |date=1997 |publisher=The Preservation Press |isbn=0891332545 |pages=306β320}}</ref> Hamlin Park in Chicago is named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/Hamlin-Park/|title=Hamlin Park {{!}} Chicago Park District|last=|first=|website=www.chicagoparkdistrict.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref>
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