Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a massive sculpture carved into Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. Completed in 1941 under the direction of Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln, the sculpture's roughly 60-ft.-high granite faces depict U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The site also features a museum with interactive exhibits. Address: 13000 SD-244, Keystone, SD 57751 Subject: Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson Construction started: October 4, 1927
Established: March 3, 1925
Opened: October 31, 1941
Architects: Gutzon Borglum, Lincoln Borglum, Harold Spitznagel
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