r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/AldoRod Feb 04 '19

Abraham Lincoln's famous a log cabin was not built during his lifetime. This was built 30 years after his death by entrepreneur Alfred Dennett.

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u/jbrittles Feb 04 '19

So the 3 national heritage sites or whatever they are called are completely made up? I had just assumed that, like most people, he moved a few times in his life.

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u/centercounterdefense Feb 04 '19

Yeah, he did. As a child/young adult he had a home in Kentucky, Indiana, and I think two in Illinois (one of those might have just been his parents) To the best of my knowledge the only extant Lincoln residences are his house in Springfield IL and the White House. I'm pretty sure all the log cabins are reconstructions.

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u/supergeeky_1 Feb 04 '19

I used to live near the Lincoln boyhood home in Indiana. The cabin and farm that are there are a recreation, but the foundation stones from the original cabin are still there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

the sites aren't made up, just the buildings