Landmark: United States: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site

The Memorial Building at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Historic Site
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A cabin, symbolic of the one in which Lincoln was born, is preserved in a memorial building at the site.
On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin on what was then called Sinking Spring Farm.
The building is symbolic, featuring 16 windows, 16 rosettes on the ceiling, and 16 fence poles, representing Lincoln being the 16th president. There are also 56 steps up to the building, representing his age at the time of his death.
The neo-classical Memorial Building was designed by John Russell Pope. In 1909 the cornerstone was laid by President Theodore Roosevelt and the building was dedicated in 1911 by William Howard Taft.