Lincoln Home National Historic Site

The only home Lincoln owned. Lincoln bought the house at 413 South Eighth Street and Jackson Street in 1844 with his wife Mary Todd, whom he had met at her sister's Springfield home and married in 1842. It was the only home he ever owned.

Family life on Eighth Street. The twelve-room, two-floor house was where three of the Lincolns' children were born and where one, Eddie, died. During their years here the Lincolns completely renovated and expanded the home.

A presidency shaped here. While living in the house, Lincoln was elected to the House of Representatives in 1846 and elected president in 1860, making the home the backdrop to his rise from local lawyer to president.

The site holds National Historic Landmark status as well as a National Register of Historic Places listing, and is preserved by the National Park Service as a presidential memorial covering the four blocks surrounding the home.