Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Historic Resource Study

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FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION: DESCRIPTION OF THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

CHAPTER ONE: THE IMPORTANCE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS BIRTHPLACE

CHAPTER TWO: LINCOLN COMMEMORATION AND THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, 1865-1935

CHAPTER THREE: THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE MEMORIAL, 1906-1911

CHAPTER FOUR: MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX A: INSCRIPTIONS

APPENDIX B: HISTORICAL BASE MAP

Figure 1. Vicinity map, Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
Figure 2. Memorial Building and Steps
Figure 3. President Lincoln
Figure 4. Map of Lincoln Family in Kentucky
Figure 5. Abraham Lincoln, 1858
Figure 6. Abraham Lincoln at Antietam, 1862
Figure 7. Woodcut of Lincoln Burial, 1865
Figure 8. John Sartain Engraving, 1865
Figure 9. Eastman Johnson Painting, 1868
Figure 10. Goose Nest Prairie Cabin
Figure 11. Lincoln National Monument
Figure 12. Freedmen's Monument, 1876
Figure 13. Sinking Spring Farm, 1895
Figure 14. "Davenport Cabin," 1895
Figure 15. Flatcar with Cabin Logs, 1906
Figure 16. Cabin with LFA Members, 1909
Figure 17. Memorial Building Site, 1909
Figure 18. Memorial Building, 1909
Figure 19. Sinking Spring, c. 1890s
Figure 20. Memorial Building Plaza and Steps, 1938
Figure 21. Sinking Spring, 1938
Figure 22. Traditional Birthplace Cabin, 1938
Figure 23. Boundary Oak, 1938
Figure 24. Aerial Photo of Lincoln Birthplace Memorial, c. 1936
Figure 25. Visitor Center, 1959
Figure 26. Aerial Photograph of Memorial Complex, 1959
Figure 27. Tomb of King Mausolus
Figure 28. Obelisks at Cairo, Egypt
Figure 29. Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy
Figure 30. Pantheon in Paris, France
Figure 31. Leo Von Klenze's Walhalla
Figure 32. Arch of Septimus Severus
Figure 33. Washington Monument, Baltimore
Figure 34. Preliminary Drawing for Washington Monument, 1845
Figure 35. Washington Monument
Figure 36. Garfield Tomb
Figure 37. John Russell Pope
Figure 38. Pope's Design for Bank, 1895
Figure 39. "Lincoln Birthplace Museum" Drawing, 1907
Figure 40. Drawing of First Memorial Plan, 1908
Figure 41. Memorial Dedication, 1911
Figure 42. Elevation, Memorial Building, 1908
Figure 43. Plan, Memorial Building, 1908
Figure 44. Cabin and Skylight, 1987
Figure 45. Grant Monument
Figure 46. Memorial Building, c. 1920s
Figure 47. Memorial Building, 1987
Figure 48. Memorial Building (Portico Ceiling), 1987
Figure 49. Memorial Building (Interior), 1987
Figure 50. Memorial Building (Rear), 1987
Figure 51. Traditional Birthplace Cabin, 1987

Fig. 1: National Park Service (NPS); Fig. 2: Historic American Building Survey (HABS); Fig. 3: adapted from Meredith, p. 85; Fig. 4: NPS; Fig. 5: adapted from Eastern Acorn Press, Abraham Lincoln, p. 6; Fig. 6: adapted from Meredith, p. 356; Fig. 7: Eastern Acorn Press, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, p. 29; Figs. 8-9: adapted from Peterson. pp. 28, 111; Fig. 10: Eastern Acorn Press, Abraham Lincoln, p. 37; Figs. 11-12: adapted from Peterson, pp. 55, 58; Fig. 13-16: adapted from G. Peterson, pl. 1, II IV, VI; Figs. 17-26: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site (ABLI) archives; Fig. 27: adapted from John M. Bryan, ed., Robert Mills: Architect, p. 161; Figs. 28-31: adapted from Marvin Trachtenberg & Isabelle Hyman, Architecture, pp. 63, 145; Fig. 32: adapted from Sturgis, p. 861; Fig. 33: adapted from Shivers, p. 6; Fig. 34: adapted from John M. Bryan, ed., Robert Mills, Architect, pl. 4; Fig. 36: adapted from Laird, p. 140; Figs. 37-39: adapted from Bedford, pp. 14,119; Fig. 40: adapted from Collier's Weekly 40 (February 15, 1908); Figs. 41-43, ABLI archives; Fig. 44: HABS; Fig. 45: adapted from Laird, p. 126; Fig. 46: ALBI archives; Figs. 47-51: HABS; Historical Base Map: James Marshall Womack III, National Park Service.