Abraham Lincoln's Home

413 S 8th St., Springfield, IL 62701
Phone: 217-492-4241

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The Lincoln home is in the only National Park in Illinois. It is also the only home Abraham Lincoln owned. He purchased this Greek Revival-style cottage in 1844 and added a second story in 1855-1856 to accommodate their growing family.

GPS: 39.797273, -89.645041

After he was elected President and the family moved to Washington DC they, and later their son Robert, rented the house out. That didn't work out to well as renters sometimes abused the house as well as charging visitors to tour it.

That came to an end 1877 when Robert donated the house to the state of Illinois. In turn the state gave the house the federal government in in 1972. The house and neighborhood, a four-block historic area, is now part of the National Park Service and is open to public tours.

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Abraham Lincoln Residence, Springfield, Ill.

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Abraham Lincoln Home, occupied by the Lincoln Family from 1844 to 1861, Springfield, Illinois

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This is the only home Lincoln ever owned and was occupied from 1844 until the family moved to Washington in 1861, Here three sons were born, Edward, William and Thomas: and here Thomas died.

NOTE: Well the dead tree and the awning over the front door disappeared sometime between these two images. The first postcard is from 1908, the second is later, but undated.
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Photo(s): 2012