This house belonged to a President of the U.S. right before he got elected.
Who do you think it is?
You know that it's not Washington or Jefferson. And we'll tell you that it is not Madison's or the early Presidents.
Here is the formal parlor, where they entertained important visitors and the children never entered.
Would you believe that this was Honest Abe's house, right before he got elected?
Yes, it is.
He might have been a poor man, born in a log cabin in the backwoods of Kentucky.
But, when he got his license to practice law he worked a lot.
In fact, they say he was gone for 3 to 6 months at a time, involved with cases through rural Illinois.
But, by 1857 they were doing financially well. His wife had added a second story to their house and it was looking pretty spiffy.
They know the details because when elected, the Republican Party brought a man to sketch the scene at Lincoln's house as they told him the news. The fellow even sketched the wallpaper!
Here is a recreation of the Family Room.
And take a look at this!
They say it was one of their favorite forms of entertainment.
It's a stereo-scope, where they could put a card and see stereoscopic 3 dimensional images of the great creations of the world…like the pyramids!
Somehow, this was just not the image I had of Abraham Lincoln.
It is good to live, travel, and learn.
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