Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial


  • Address: IN 162
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

"There I Grew Up..." A. Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln spent fourteen years of his life and grew from youth into manhood (1816-1830) on this southern Indiana soil. Many of the character traits and moral values that made Abraham one of the world's most respected leaders were formed and nurtured here. - NPS


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Frederick Law Olmsted Sr Architect
Bishop,Richard E. Architect
1816/00/00 Abraham Lincoln Home site Cabin Site Memorial, believed to have been the third Lincoln cabin, 1816 to 1830
1816/10/05 Nancy Hanks Lincoln Died Nancy Lincoln dies. She is buried at Pioneer Cemetery.

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Particulars for Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial:
Area of Significance Agriculture
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Historic Use Cemetery
Criteria Consideration Commemorative property
Owner Federal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Park
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Disposition Reconstructed Property
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000012
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, Federal
Architect: Bishop,Richard E.; Olmstead,Frederick Law
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, Additional documentation
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Art, Politics-government, Agriculture, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Person
Criteria Consideration: Cemetery, Commemorative property, Significance of less than fifty years, Reconstructed property
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1816, 1962
Associated People: Lincoln,Abraham
Historic Function: Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence, Agriculture, subsistence, Landscape, Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Cemetery, Single dwelling, Park
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Agriculture, subsistence, Landscape, Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Cemetery Museum Park Agricultural outbuildings

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