It has taken seven years of hard work by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and about $15 million and President Abraham Lincoln's cottage is far from satisfactory according to news reports. The cottage in Washington DC where Lincoln and his family spent more than a quarter of his Washington life, continues to look like many summer houses. The exterior is pale brown stucco with green shutters and dark brown trim with modest scrollwork, more grand Ohio farmhouse than mansion.
Slated to become the American capital's niche tourist attraction by Presidents Day, Feb. 18, the residence was used by several other presidents also and lately it was being used as an administrative building. The cottage's real claim to fame is the history of the Lincolns, National Trust President Richard Moe said. Between 1862 and his death in 1865, Lincoln commuted 45 minutes each way daily by horse or carriage from June into fall to read, think and relax.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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