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Forgotten Landmark: Mrs. Lincoln's Home

Forgotten Landmark: Mrs. Lincoln's Home

Tucked away on a small building at 1232 W. Washington Boulevard on the Near West Side hangs this old forgotten historical marker from 1937. It reads: Mrs. LINCOLN’S HOME On this site stood the home Mrs. Abraham Lincoln bought in 1866 and occupied for about a year with her son “Tad.” The Hyde Park history website had... Read more »

By Neil Arsenty,
April 25, 2013 at 3:00 pm •

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