Abraham Lincoln Birthplace
The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park preserves the early beginnings of Abraham Lincoln in Hodgenville, Kentucky.
On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in a one room cabin. The cabin was built of native hardwood logs and chinked with local clay. It measured 16 by 18 feet and was heated by a tone lined fireplace. The Lincoln family lived there for about two and a half years.
The cabin we see today is a symbolic reconstruction, housed within a memorial building on the site of Lincoln’s birth at Sinking Spring Farm. While it is not the original structure, it represents the kind of simple space in which he began his life.
The memorial was completed in 1911 to honor his humble beginnings. The site was established in 1916 and placed under the care of the National Park Service. It was redesignated as a National Historical Park in 2009 ensuring its preservation for future generations
I am a lover of all things Lincoln, having visited numerous sites about his life. Here is where it all began, a humble cabin, and the beginning of a life that would go on to shape the course of a nation.
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