Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

The Abraham Lincoln House, Springfield, Illinois

2 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Abraham Lincoln House, Springfield, Illinois

FROM WHICH PRESIDENT-ELECT LINCOLN WENT TO WASHINGTON IN 1861 When Abraham Lincoln entered Springfield, in 1837, he did not own a house; in…

The Abraham Lincoln House, Springfield, Illinois: State

When the news became generally known, the citizens followed him to the house on Eighth Street. In the evening, after a meeting in the State…

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