Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park Service at 2995 Lincoln Farm Road, Hodgenville, Kentucky.

Related Topics:
National Park Service - Hodgenville, Kentucky

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In the fall of 1808, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln settled on Sinking Spring Farm. Two months later on February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin. Here the Lincolns lived and farmed before moving to land a few miles away at Knob Creek (which is a separate unit of the historic site). A cabin, symbolic of the one in which Lincoln was born, is preserved in a memorial building at the site of his birth.

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Established as Abraham Lincoln National Park July 17, 1916; transferred from the War Department August 10, 1933; redesignated Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park August 11, 1939; renamed and redesginated September 8, 1959. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. (Acreage ? 344.50 / Federal: 116.50 / Nonfederal: 228)

Related Topics:
War Department - National Register of Historic Places

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