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Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Lincoln Home National Historic Site preserves the , home and related historic district where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1844 to 1861, prior to becoming the 16th president of the United States.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: national historic site in Illinois, USA
  • Also known as: “LIHO”
  • Address: Springfield, IL

Places of Interest

Highlights include Elijah Iles House and Hoogland Center for the Arts.

Museum
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The is a historic house at 628 S. 7th Street in , . Built c. 1837, the house has survived nearly intact for 182 years and is the oldest such structure in Springfield.

Theater building
The is a theater complex at 420 South Sixth Street in the central city neighborhood of . It houses three theaters and five smaller performance and exhibit spaces totaling 80,000 square feet with an adjacent parking deck.

Heritage site
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The is a historic house located at 518 East Capitol Avenue in , . The house, the only one remaining in downtown Springfield, was built in 1839 for Virgil Hickox and his family.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Springfield and Grandview.

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is a city in the center of the state of . It is the state's capital — not — and the county seat of Sangamon County. is best known for its most famous resident, Abraham Lincoln, and there are several historic sites that are dedicated to him.

Village
is a village in , , . The population was 1,441 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. is situated 2 miles northeast of Lincoln Home National Historic Site.

Village
is a village in , , . The population was 1,642 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. is situated 3 miles south of Lincoln Home National Historic Site.

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Latitude
39.79716° or 39° 47′ 50″ north
Longitude
-89.64514° or 89° 38′ 43″ west
Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)
Operator
National Park Service
Open location code
86FGQ9W3+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 86294174
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
4243043
Wiki­data ID
Q3304667
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Portuguese—“Lincoln Home National Historic Site” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Linkoln milli ev-muzeyi”
  • Bengali: “আব্রাহাম লিঙ্কনের বাসস্থান”
  • Cebuano: “Lincoln Home National Historic Site”
  • Chinese: “林肯住所国家历史古跡”
  • Chinese: “林肯住所国家历史古迹”
  • Chinese: “林肯住所國家歷史古蹟”
  • French: “Lincoln Home National Historic Site”
  • German: “Lincoln Home National Historic Site”
  • Italian: “Lincoln Home National Historic Site”
  • Japanese: “リンカーン居宅国立歴史建造物”
  • Polish: “Dom abarahama lincolna”
  • Portuguese: “Lincoln Home National Historic Site”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as South Town and Vinegar Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lincolns Home and Lincoln Home Visitor Center.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lincoln Home National Historic Site”. Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 4.0.