Lincoln Log Cabin
SE Pleasant Grove Twp.
The Lincoln Log Cabin is an 86-acre historic site that is owned and operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Division of Historic Sites. The site includes an accurate reproduction of the Lincolns' two-room cabin that was constructed on the original cabin site in 1935 as a CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) project.
Historic Marker Location 1: North side of Lincoln National Memorial Highway, .5 mile north of Lerna Road.
Historic Marker Erected: 01/01/1934 by State of Illinois From 1831 to 1834 Thomas and Sarah Lincoln, father and stepmother of Abraham Lincoln, lived in a cabin which stood a short distance to the north. It was their first home in Coles County, and their second home in Illinois.
Historic Marker Location 2: North side of Lincoln National Memorial Highway, one mile southwest of Lerna
Historic Marker Erected: 01/01/1934 by State of Illinois In 1834 Thomas Lincoln purchased 40 acres situated about 400 yards north and east of this point. Here, with his wife Sarah, he lived until 1837, when he sold the land. It was his second home in Coles County.
Site Copyright ©2003-2005 Association for the Preservation of Historic Coles
County Illinois, All Rights Reserved
Text information and photos from Lincoln Log Cabin website, http://www.lincolnlogcabin.org/
Marker information from Illinois State Historical Markers website, http://www.historyillinois.org/