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The Lincoln Heritage House is a house (actually two cabins joined together) that was owned and lived in by Thomas Hardin. The naming of the house, comes from the fact that part of its construction can be attributed to Thomas Lincoln, the father of Abraham Lincoln the future president of the United States. Thomas Lincoln owned a 200-acre farm nearby. Located at Freeman Lake in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
A mural celebrating Abraham’s links to the city of Springfield, Kentucky. While not central to the life of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Kentucky was home for more than 30 years to much of the 16th president’s family, including Thomas Lincoln his father, Nancy Hanks his mother, and Mordecai Lincoln, his uncle. The city is close to Hodgenville, where Thomas owned a 300 acre farm, and where Lincoln was born. It is also close to the Knob Creek farm the family moved to when Lincoln was the age of two. Today, the state of Kentucky maintains at Lincoln Homestead State Park, significant historic buildings linked to the Lincoln family, including the Francis Berry Home where Thomas courted Nancy Hanks, as well as the cabin of Mordecai Lincoln. The state park was established on land originally farmed by Mordecai Lincoln.
Elfreth Alley is a historic working class neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Some have said it is the oldest continuously inhabited street in America. It features 32 houses built between 1703 and 1836, houses whose original residents were shipwrights, silver smiths, glassblowers and furniture makers. The street itself is named after Jeremiah Elfreth an 18th-century blacksmith. The alley features Georgian and Federal-style architecture typical of the periods in which they were built. They include trinity houses, a unique style to Philadelphia.
This particular photo features Elfreth Alley around Halloween, as the street is known for it decorations during the Holiday season, including Thanksgiving and Christmas