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Lincoln Home National Historic Site

About Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Open 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Years Day. Visitors using the parking lot must pay $2.00 per hour. We ask visitors please pay with debit or credit card as we do not accept cash. Here you can get free tour tickets and site orientation. In the VC, Theater One shows a park film, and Theater Two serves as the meeting point for tours of the Lincoln Home. Tickets are required for tours of the Lincoln Home. Exhibits, information, souvenirs and bathrooms are located here.

Park Passport stamps are available here.

Adapted from National Park Service.

Lincoln Home National Historic Site preserves the Springfield, Illinois, home and related historic district where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1844 to 1861, prior to becoming the 16th president of the United States. The presidential memorial includes the four blocks surrounding the home and a visitor center.

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Historic house museum
Annual visitors
27.7K
in 2020

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Photos of Lincoln Home National Historic Site

  1. Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Springfield01SpringfieldDaniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Inside Lincoln Home National Historic Site02Inside Lincoln Home National Historic SiteNPS · Public domain
  3. Lincoln Home National Historic Site LIHO 1st floor hall03LIHO 1st floor hallNational Park Service Digital Image Archives · Public domain
  4. Lincoln Home National Historic Site LIHO 2nd floor hall04LIHO 2nd floor hallNational Park Service Digital Image Archives · Public domain
  5. Gfp-illinois-lincoln-home-servant-girl-room05Gfp-illinois-lincoln-home-servant-girl-roomYinan Chen · Public Domain
  6. Gfp-illinois-lincoln-home-lincolns-living-room06Gfp-illinois-lincoln-home-lincolns-living-roomYinan Chen · Public Domain

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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Lincoln Home National Historic Site; the closest, Lincoln Library Foundation, is practically next door.