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He was brought in relatively late to the project that would become “Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln”; the long-running show features a robotic Abraham Lincoln and debuted at New York’s 1964 World’s Fair and was installed at Disneyland the following year.

He has upcoming tours leading the London Symphony in Spain and the Berlin Philharmonic at the World’s Fair, Expo 2025, in Osaka, Japan.

Sherman wrote the verse to celebrate the song’s 60th anniversary, as the attraction opened at the New York World’s Fair in 1964 before being installed at Disneyland in 1966.

It was inspired by the VIP lounges Walt Disney experienced at the 1964 New York World’s Fair where “It’s a Small World” and “Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln” debuted.

The Allen Bungalow, which Facebook posts indicate survived the fire, was built around 1904 and looks like Prairie-style architecture, which is not surprising, considering that its owner was Frank Shaver Allen, an architect from Illinois who came to prominence after he was honored at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.