Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1896 — House Where Lincoln Lived. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

House Where Lincoln Lived.

The Lincoln homestead stands on the northeast corner of Eighth and Jackson streets, Springfield, 111. Mr. Lincoln bought it in 1846. It was then a story and a half house, but subsequently raised to two stories. It is a plain frame structure and contains twelve rooms. Mr. Lincoln lived thpre fifteen years; in fact, until he departed for Washington on tHa 12th of February, 1861, to take the Presidential chair. Ariamily by the name of Tilton occupied the house during thp war, and in those four years 60,000 people visited the_ house. Since then hundreds of thousands have passed iq- and out of its door. These included nien gnd women representing every civilized nation of the earth, and some of the barbarous ones, too, for That matter. Soriie years ago John Philip Sousa, then the leader of the Marine Band, gave a matinee in Springfield. At the conclusion of the performance he took his band, sixty-five pieces in all, over to the Lincoln mansion. After appropriate music every member of this famous body of musicians made his signature on the register book. The occasion attracted an immense crowd, and numerous and prominent speeches were made fly citizens of note. Sousa held n special train two hours to accomplish this, he and his men regarding it a slight testimonial

of the respect' in which they held Mr. Lincoln’s memory.

THE LINCOLN HOME, SPUING FIELD.