2009 Archaeological Investigations at the Walters, Beedle, and Lyon Lots, Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Authors

Dawn Bringelson, National Park Service
Gosia Mahoney, National Park Service
Steven L. De Vore, National Park Service

Date of this Version

2015

Citation

This report has been reviewed against the criteria contained in 43CFR Part 7, Subpart A, Section 7.18 (a) (1) and, upon recommendation of the Midwest Regional Office and the Midwest Archeological Center, has been classified as AVAILABLE

Comments

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Midwest Archeological Center Lincoln, Nebraska 2015

Abstract

Established in 1971, the Lincoln Home National Historic Site (LIHO) commemorates the life of the 16th President of the United States. The park contains the neighborhood where Abraham Lincoln spent most of his adult life in Springfield, Illinois (Townsend 2008:76-149). The Park consists of a four-block historic neighborhood, which is partly restored to the year of Abraham Lincoln’s election as President. The centerpiece of the park consists of the restored house where Lincoln’s family lived from 1844 to 1861, when he became the 16th President of the United States.