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Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery
Lincoln Homestead
Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery is located in Virginia
Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery
LocationSouth of the junction of VA 684 and 42, near Broadway, Virginia
Area350 acres (140 ha)
Builtc. 1800 (1800)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.72001414[1]
VLR No.082-0014
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 5, 1972
Designated VLRAugust 15, 1972[2]

Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery, also known as the Jacob Lincoln House, is a historic home and cemetery located near Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built in two sections. The main section was built about 1800, and is a two-story, five bay, brick structure with a side gable roof. It features an elaborate wooden cornice with Wall-of-Troy moiding, corbels and dentils, and a Federal style doorway. The two-story brick rear ell was built in 1849 and joined to the main house in the early-1900s. Located on the property is the is the Lincoln family cemetery in which are buried five generations of the family, including "Virginia John" Lincoln, great-grandfather of Abraham Lincoln.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

The Lincoln family cemetery

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (July 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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