Listing of Lincoln Sites

Historic sites and buildings directly related to Lincoln's life. Private agencies, state parks and within National Park System

• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; Hodgenville, Kentucky: http://www.nps.gov/abli/ 
• Abraham Lincoln’s Boyhood Home at Knob Creek (part of Lincoln Birthplace NHP): http://www.nps.gov/abli/planyourvisit/boyhood-home.htm 
• The David Wills House Museum; Gettysburg Pennsylvania, managed by Main Street Gettysburg and the Gettysburg National Military Park: http://www.davidwillshouse.org/
• Ford’s Theater National Historical Site; Washington D.C.: http://www.nps.gov/foth/index.htm
• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Lincoln City, Indiana: http://www.nps.gov/libo/index.htmb 
• Lincoln Home National Historic Site; Springfield Illinois: http://www.nps.gov/liho
• Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices; Springfield, Illinois: http://www.state.il.us/hpa/hs/lincoln_herndon.htm
• Lincoln Room Museum at the David Wills House; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: http://www.davidwillshouse.org
• Lincoln’s New Salem State Park; Petersburg, Illinois: http://www.lincolnsnewsalem.com
• Lincoln Room, Whitehouse; Washington D.C.: http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/floor2/lincoln-bedroom.htm
• Long Nine Museum; Athens, Illinois: http://www.abrahamlincolnlongninemuseum.com/index.php
• Old State House Capital; Springfield, Illinois: http://www.state.il.us/hpa/hs/old_capitol.htm
• Peterson House; Washington D. C.: http://www.nps.gov/foth/the-petersen-house.htm
• President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Old Soldiers Home; Washington D. C.: http://www.lincolncottage.org/

Independent Lincoln museums/galleries not in historic sites

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, Illinois http://www.alplm.org/home.html
• The Felsenthal Lincoln Collection; (City collection) Brownsville, Tennessee: http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/the_felsenthal_lincoln_collection 
• Forkland Abraham Lincoln Museum,16479 Forkland Rd, Gravel Switch, KY www.forklandcomctr.org
• Lincoln Douglas Debates Museum; Charlestown, Illinois http://www.charlestonillinois.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B7587ACEC-A43F-46B2-8A35-37EAE44C5F78%7D
• Lincoln Legacy gallery at the Lincoln Memorial; Washington D. C. http://www.nps.gov/ncro/publicaffairs/lincolnslegacy.htm
• Lincoln Memorial Shrine; Redlands, California  http://www.lincolnshrine.org
• The Lincoln Museum & Lincoln Statue; Hodgenville, Kentucky  http://www.lincolnmuseum-ky.org/Index.html

Historic sites with Abraham Lincoln and family associations

• Abraham Lincoln’s Long Nine Museum; Athans, Illinois http://www.abrahamlincolnlongninemuseum.com/index.php.  This general store building was assoiated with Lincoln during his New Salem and early Springfield years.  The main focus of interpretation is the group of Whig legislatures Lincoln led called the Long Nine
• Bryant Cottage; Bement, Illinois http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/bryant_cottage.htm The middle-class house was preserved because of the planning meeting that took place here between Abraham Lincoln and his rival Steven A Douglas in the Illinois Senate race of 1858.
• Farmington Historic Plantation; Louisville, Kentucky http://www.historichomes.org/Farmington/Welcome/tabid/1367/Default.aspx. This 1815 Federal styled home was owned by Lincoln’s best friend Joshua Speed.  The connection with Lincoln connects to his 1841 visit to this house after his break up with Mary Todd  in Springfield, Illinois.
• Harlan-Lincoln House; Iowa Wesley College; 601 N. Main Street • Mount Pleasant, Iowa. http://www.iwc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=content&id=289  This house was built by Senator Harlan, father-in-law to Robert Todd Lincoln.  Robert and his wife Mary spent summers here in the 1870’s and 1880’s.
• Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home; PO Box 377, 1005 Hildene Road; Manchester, Vermont. http://www.hildene.org/index.html This is the family home of Robert Todd Lincoln (the only son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln to survive to adulthood) and his dependents until the 1980’s.
• Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum, Coles County Fairground; Charlestown IL (part of the city of Charlestown)  http://www.charlestonillinois.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={7587ACEC-A43F-46B2-8A35-37EAE44C5F78}&DE={2EC9A72A-3F89-40C3-9D34-D1AC1887C744} This was a site of one of the Lincoln/Douglass debates in 1858.
• Lincoln Heritage House; Freeman Lake Park; Elizabethtown, Kentucky. http://www.touretown.com/Visitors/See/Lincoln-Heritage-House.aspx  Associated with Thomas Lincoln (father of Abraham Lincoln) who built portions of the finished woodwork in this house
• Lincoln Homestead Park, Kentucky State Park System; Springfield, Kentucky. http://www.parks.ky.gov/parks/recreationparks/lincoln-homestead/default.aspx Home of Lincoln’s relatives and replicas of the cabins of Lincoln and Hanks family members.  Significance of this site is that it is near the site of the home of Abraham Lincoln (sr.) who was President Lincoln’s grandfather.
• Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, Lerna, Illinois: The local Shiloh Cemetery is the burial place of Thomas and Sarah Lincoln.  The site also owns the Ruben Moore Home State Historic Site and the Sargent Farm (neighbors of Thomas Lincoln).http://www.lincolnlogcabin.org 
• Lincoln Marriage Temple at Old Fort Harrod State Park, Harrodsburg, Kentucky http://parks.ky.gov/parks/recreationparks/fort-harrod/default.aspx   Relocated and preserved cabin where Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks were married.
• Lincoln’s Virginia Ancestors, series of markers and buildings in Rockbridge and Rockingham Counties Virginia  http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=15634  Near the site of the home of President Lincoln’s grandfather and great grandfathers homes.
• Macon County Historical Museum and Prairie Village, Decatur Illinois http://www.mchsdecatur.org/lincoln.html  A grouping of replica and original buildings representing the community where the Lincoln family first resided after moving to Illinois from Indiana.  The Courthouse was part of the Lincoln pilgrimages since the early 20th century.
• Mary Todd Lincoln House, Lexington Kentucky http://www.mtlhouse.org/  Home where Mary Todd (wife of President Lincoln) spent her teen years before moving to Springfield, Illinois. 
• Surratt House Museum; Clinton, Maryland.  http://www.surratt.org  This was country home of Mary Surratt who was convicted of conspiracy in the Assassination of President Lincoln.
• Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln Memorial; Freeman Lake Park; Elizabethtown, Kentucky. http://www.kentuckytourism.com/things_to_do/lincoln-cabins-at-freeman-lake-park/1944/ & http://www.touretown.com/Visitors/See/Sarah-Bush-Johnston-Lincoln-Memorial.aspx This is a replica cabin of one purchased by Sarah Bush Johnson Lincoln, step-mother of President Lincoln. One of many log shrines built in memory of both Lincoln and the pioneer spirit.
• Vandalia State House-Vandalia, Illinois http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/vandalia_statehouse.htm Old Illinois state house where Lincoln first practiced law and served as delegate for Sangamon County.

Lincoln collections within larger museum and Library institutions: (*) indicates only research facilities and not a public museum

• * Abraham Lincoln Presidential Papers, Library of Congress; Washington DC, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alrel.html The most significant collection for the study of Lincoln’s administration and war leadership.  The LOC also own the artifacts found in his pockets the night of his assassination. 
• Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Research Library, formerly the Lincoln memorial Collection of the Lincoln Birthday Association. Buffalo New York: www.buffalohistory.org/library/index.htm
• Chicago Historical Society; Chicago, Illinois http://www.chicagohs.org. The CHS also has a bicentennial web page jointly with the Newberry Library with a feature about past exhibits including the set of 20 dioramas on the life of Lincoln, five of which are now at Lincoln Memorial University, http://lincolnat200.org
• Forbes House Museum, Milton Massachusetts.  Forbes collection of Lincolniana and replica of birth cabin from the 1930’s.  http://www.forbeshousemuseum.org/collections.html
• Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum; Dearborn, Michigan: GFVHFM owns several major Lincoln items:  The rocking chair from Ford’s Theater, three pieces of furniture from the Springfield home parlor and the Logan County Courthouse where Lincoln practiced law.  http://www.hfmgv.org
• Indiana Historical Society; Indianapolis, Indiana: http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/news/indiana.htm ; http://www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/digital-image-collections/lincoln-collections
• Indiana State Museum; Indianapolis, Indiana.  The framed art, sculptures and artifacts from the Lincoln Museum of Fort Wayne were donated here.  http://www.indianamuseum.org, http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/09/september/lincolncollection_090901.htmlhttp://www.acpl.lib.in.us/LincolnCollection/index.htm
• MOLLUS (Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States) Museum*; Philadelphia PA.  Primarily a Civil War museum with some commemorative Lincoln art, http://suvcw.org/mollus/museum.htm. 
• National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C. http://www.archives.gov/index.html. Though its primary purpose is research its high visitation and regular exhibition activities makes this federal agency act like a museum.
• New York Historical Society; New York, New York. http://www.nyhistory.org/explore/abraham-lincoln
• The Huntington; San Marino, California:  The Lincoln collection is not part of their permanent exhibit system.  http://www.huntington.org/default.aspx The Huntington hosts major exhibits on a regular schedule and though a research library acts much like a public museum.
• Pike County Historical Society; Milford, Pennsylvania, (focus on flag from the Ford’s Theater said to have been used to support Lincoln’s head). http://pikecountyhistoricalsociety.org/exhibits.html
• Plymouth Historical Museum; Plymouth, Michigan: This single extensive collection was from a single gift from collector/educator Welden Petz.  http://www.plymouthhistory.org 
• Smithsonian Institution; Washington D.C.: http://www.gosmithsonian.com/siconnections# and http://www.gosmithsonian.com/lincoln 
• Union Pacific Railroad Museum; Council Bluffs, Iowa.  Artifacts from the Lincoln rail car.  http://www.uprrmuseum.org/museum/attachments/exhibits/lincoln_brochure.pdf
• Western Reserve Historical Society; Cleveland, Ohio.  http://www.wrhs.org/

Major research collections in Universities and libraries.  (*) indicates both a museum and research facility specializing in Lincoln related studies.

• * Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum - Lincoln Memorial University; Harrogate Tennessee www.lmunet.edu/museum  The research collection was started in 1897 making this one of the oldest extant Lincoln collections.  It did not become a museum until 1977.
• Allen County Public Library; Fort Wayne Indiana: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/LincolnCollection/index.htm  Documents from the Fort Wayne Lincoln Museum.
• Bradley University Library, The Lincoln Collections, Bradley University; Peoria, Illinois http://www.bradley.edu/academic/lib/departments/special/lincoln.dot
• Clement C. Maxwell Library; Special Collections-Abraham Lincoln, Bridgewater State University; Bridgewater, Massachusetts http://www.bridgew.edu/library/speccoll.cfm#lincoln
• Edward Carlton Stone Collection of Lincoln letters; Boston University, Boston Massachusetts.
• Georgetown University Library, Georgetown University; Washington D.C.
• Goodstay Center, University of Delaware; Newark. Delaware (formerly the Lincoln Club of Wilmington, Delaware) http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/lincoln/index.htm
• John Hay Library- Lincoln Rooms, Brown University;  Providence Rhode Island:      http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/exhibits/index.php
• John Hay Library, William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana,– University of Chicago Library; Chicago, Illinois: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.HAYLIBRARY
• John Wesley Hill Collection, Columbia University; New York, New York.
• * Lincoln Heritage Museum - Lincoln College;  Lincoln, Illinois http://www.lincolncollege.edu/museum/index.htm
• Lincoln Room - Lilly Library, Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/exhibits.shtml 
• Lincoln Studies Center - Knox College; Galesburg Illinois: http://www.knox.edu/academics/resources-for-learning/lincoln-studies-center/knox-and-lincoln.html
• McLellan Lincoln Collection, Brown University Library, Brown University; Providence, Road Island http://library.brown.edu/find/Collection/Home?collection=Abraham%20Lincoln&collection_id=22
• Houghton Library, Lincoln Room - Harvard College Library; Harvard University  http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hou02039 (minimal use for research and exhibit) http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/exhibits/lincoln (on-line exhibit)
• Princeton University Libraries, Princeton University; Princeton, New Jersey.  http://library.princeton.edu/.

Other Forms: These agencies do not fit into any category above

• Bostic Lincoln Center, 112 Depot Street, Bostic, North Carolina. Counter to standard accepted Lincoln historiography.  Their mission is to preserve the claimed real birthplace of Abraham Lincoln here in North Carolina.  The core statement is that Lincoln was really born of Nancy Hanks in an affair with Abraham Enlow in 1806.  This   particular story is what encouraged the development   of the Lincoln Marriage temple.  .http://www.bosticlincolncenter.com/index.htm
• Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln Legacy exhibit; Washington D.C. In the 1990’s the National Park installed an exhibition on Lincoln and the Civil Rights movement on the lower level of the monument.  http://www.nps.gov/ncro/publicaffairs/lincolnslegacy.htm
• Lincoln Pioneer Village; Rockport, Indiana:  No original building or site but near area where Lincoln was a boy.  Replica buildings and site were designed as monument built from logs to represent Lincoln’s Pioneer origins. The museum contains both Lincoln association and local history items. http://www.lincolnpioneervillage.org
• Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery; Springfield, Illinois: This site had formerly been the first public Lincoln museum but now contains special editions of major Lincoln statues from around the United States.  http://www.state.il.us/hpa/hs/lincoln_tomb.htm
• O.V. Brown, Holiday World Lincoln Collection; Santa Claus, Indiana.  Private collection acquired by theme park to support Lincoln tourism in region.  http://www.holidayworld.com/news/lincoln-collection-includes-rare-presidential-signatures

Lincoln Museums and historic sites no longer in operation

• Abraham Lincoln Museum; Springfield Illinois (1955 – 1970’s) Private commercial agency.
• Lincoln Funeral Car; traveling exhibit and part of Union Pacific RR, 1890’s to 1911 when it burned in a prairie fire near Minneapolis Minnesota. It had been a traveling exhibition around the Midwest.
• Lincoln Museum; Ft. Wayne, Indiana: (closed, 2008) This site had been closely related with the Lincoln collections at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate Tennessee.  http://www.lfg.com/LincolnPageServer?LFGPage=/lfg/lfgclient/abt/hist/linmus/index.html
• Lincoln Room at Newark Athletic Club, Newark New Jersey.  (see Lincoln Lore; No. 256, March 5, 1934).  This was the displayed collection of private collector Valentine Bjorkman.
• Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery; Springfield, Illinois; formerly housed the earliest Lincoln Museum in the Memorial Hall. http://www.state.il.us/hpa/hs/lincoln_tomb.htm
• Sangamon Packet Company, The Steamboat Sangamon; (1961-1998) Petersburg, Illinois.  http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2007/Jan/20/Features/leisure012007.shtml
• Weddell House, Cleveland, Ohio (room where Lincoln stayed on inaugural journey) Lincolniana collection on display in room used by the Lincoln Association of Cleveland. (see Lincoln Lore No. 256, March 5, 1934) http://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/247

Trails connecting various Lincoln related sites under a single agency for tourism support:

• Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area;  Springfield, Illinois: http://www.lookingforlincoln.com/index.asp
• The Lincoln-Douglas Debates; Illinois: http://www.lookingforlincoln.com/debates      
• Lincoln’s Eighth Judicial Circuit; Illinois: http://www.lookingforlincoln.com/8thcircuit
• The Looking for Lincoln Story Trail; Illinois: http://www.lookingforlincoln.com/storytrail/index.html
• Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail; Frankfort, Kentucky: http://www.kentuckytourism.com/maps/lincoln-map.aspx
• Lincoln Heritage Trail, private site dedicated for travelers following the old tourist trail.  This trail was featured in Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe’s America as the old Lincoln trail.  This particular system was the fourth developed to connect Lincoln sites for vacationers. http://www.millenniumhwy.net/lincolnheritagegtrail/Lincoln_Heritage_Trail.html