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Sinking Spring. In the late fall of 1808, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln settled on Sinking Spring Farm. Two months later on February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born there in a one-room log cabin. Today this site bears the address of 2995 Lincoln Farm Road, Hodgenville, Kentucky.
16 Mac 2023 · Sinking Spring is a part of a network of springs and subsurface streams in and near the park. Because the spring's cave supports a variety of fragile cave biota, it is particularly sensitive to pollutants and encroachment.
Sinking Spring Farm. U.S. 31E and KY 61. Hodgenville, Kentucky. Like many other historic Lincoln sites, this one probably doesn't match the picture in your imagination. When you arrive on the grounds, you see not a log cabin but a neoclassical granite and marble structure -- an improbable Greek-styled temple in the Kentucky woods.
16 Apr 2024 · For over a century people from around the world have come to rural Central Kentucky to honor the humble beginnings of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. His early life on Kentucky's frontier shaped his character and prepared him to lead the nation through Civil War.
The memorial and Sinking Spring Farm were established as a national park in 1916 and designated Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in 1959. Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek became a unit of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in 2001.
19 Jun 2024 · Sinking Spring Farm is the main and most popular section of the park. Located here is a Birthplace Visitor Center where you can pick up park information, browse through a small museum, and watch a short film about the birth site and the creation of the park.
The spring is still there, the farm was named Sinking Spring farm. To walk down the stairs to the spring is delightful on a hot summer day. The marble and granite memorial (built from 1909 to 1911) is impressive to see and walk into.
