Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery

Historic house and cemetery in Rockingham County, Virginia
United States historic place
Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery
Virginia Landmarks Register
Lincoln Homestead
38°33′35″N 78°49′45″W / 38.55972°N 78.82917°W / 38.55972; -78.82917
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 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.[3]

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

In November 2019, the house was purchased by Benjamin and Sarah Bixler after being vacant for 20 years.[4] The new owners completed a combination of restoration and renovations on the house in 2021.[5]

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
  4. ^ "Who bought the Lincoln Homestead?". The Harrisonburg Citizen. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  5. ^ "Lincoln Homestead: Before and after". The Harrisonburg Citizen. 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2022-06-23.

External links

  • Lincoln Homestead website
  • Lincoln Society of Virginia
  • Lincoln Family Cemetery at Find a Grave
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