Friday, March 30, 2012

Illinois - Springfield, Home of Abraham Lincoln


Lincoln Home
National Historic Site
Springfield, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, purchased this Springfield, Illinois house in 1844.  The one-and-a-half-story cottage was eventually expanded into a twelve-room, two-story home.  It was the first and only home the Lincoln's ever owned and where they resided for seventeen years (1844-1861.
2011

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