Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery explained

Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:August 15, 1972[1]
Designated Other1 Number:082-0014
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:South of the junction of VA 684 and 42, near Broadway, Virginia
Coordinates:38.5597°N -78.8292°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Federal
Added:December 5, 1972
Refnum:72001414

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 molding, 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 Lincoln family cemetery in which are buried five generations of the family, as well as Queenie, a woman who was enslaved by the Lincoln family, and "Virginia John" Lincoln, great-grandfather of Abraham Lincoln.[2]

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

In November 2019, the house was purchased by Benjamin and Sarah Bixler after being vacant for 20 years.[3] The new owners completed a combination of restoration and renovations on the house in 2021.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . July 1972. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  3. Web site: 2019-12-09 . Who bought the Lincoln Homestead? . 2022-06-23 . The Harrisonburg Citizen . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2021-08-03 . Lincoln Homestead: Before and after . 2022-06-23 . The Harrisonburg Citizen . en-US.