Home of the President

Nestled in a National Park today, the last home owned by Abraham Lincoln is situated into a small community of period buildings. The house has been tended and refurbished in a major effort that must have hundreds of people involved. When we last visited the site about 18 years ago, the house was in good condition, filled with furniture of the time, but not the furniture owned by the Lincolns. I recall our tour guide telling us that only the cast iron kitchen stove was from the family as it was too heavy to move.

Today the house is in excellent condition, everything well-preserved and easy to see. And many of the rooms feature actual Lincoln furniture and possessions. Photography is encouraged, and we will look into some rooms in the next post. And a unique setup kitty-corner across the street, shows the famous vista of the house as seen through a Civil War-era camera. A nice semi-historical touch.