The house was built approximately 1834 by Colonel William Jones and Rachel Jones. The house is a typical example of Federal architecture except for the second-floor observatory. The east room features 11-foot-high, built in cupboards beside the fireplace and the kitchen has a corner cupboard attributed to Thomas Lincoln.
Colonel William Jones served as a Whig representative in the Indiana legislature from 1838 to 1841. He has been credited with steering Abraham Lincoln toward the Whig Party. Lincoln slept in the house the night he gave a campaign speech for Henry Clay, the Whig presidential candidate in 1844.
“Lincoln would make a great man one of these days.”
The house was built approximately 1834 by Colonel William Jones and Rachel Jones. The house is a typical example of Federal architecture except for the second-floor observatory. The east room features 11-foot-high, built in cupboards beside the fireplace and the kitchen has a corner cupboard attributed to Thomas Lincoln.
Colonel William Jones served as a Whig representative in the Indiana legislature from 1838 to 1841. He has been credited with steering Abraham Lincoln toward the Whig Party. Lincoln slept in the house the night he gave a campaign speech for Henry Clay, the Whig presidential candidate in 1844.
The house was built approximately 1834 by Colonel William Jones and Rachel Jones. The house is a typical example of Federal architecture except for the second-floor observatory. The east room features 11-foot-high, built in cupboards beside the fireplace and the kitchen has a corner cupboard attributed to Thomas Lincoln.
