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Site Name Lincoln Home National Historic Site Street Address 413 South Eighth Street City / State / Zip Springfield IL, 62701 Phone number 217-492-4241 Web Page www.nps.gov/liho   Admission Fee $2.00 parking fee in lot, house tour free ticket first come first service arrive early in day. Hours open daily 8:30 am to 5:00 pm last tour at 4:30 pm. closed Thanksgiving, Chrisrtams and New Year Day Visitor services Visitor Center information desk, restrooms, musuem shop, exhibts. wheelchairs for loan, Jr. Ranger programs free for children. Regular Events February 12, Lincoln Birthday events, community wide     Directions I-55 to Springfield IL any exit follow signs to downtown Visitor Center located on 7th Street between Capitol and Edwards St. See detail directions at www.nps.gov/liho
Site Description
Lincoln Home National Historic Site a unit of the National Park Service is located in downtown Springfield Illinois. The Site preserves a four-block 1860s neighborhood. At its center stands the two-story brown house, where Abraham Lincoln and his family lived for 17 years. It was the only home Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary owned. From here, Lincoln left for Washington, D.C. to become the 16th President of the United States. The home, restored to its 1860s appearance, tells of Lincoln's life as a husband, father, attorney and politician, and his emergence as both a national leader and international symbol of democracy. Exhibits in the neighborhood and structures tell more about the Lincoln family and the environment within which they lived. When Lincoln left Springfield for the last time, he said: "To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything."

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