Life of Abe Lincoln’s son on display at Hildene in Vermont
Posted July 2, 2018 8:20 am.
Last Updated July 2, 2018 9:00 am.
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MANCHESTER, Vt. – “Land of Lincoln” is the state slogan of Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln began his political career. But the Lincoln family had an outpost in the lush mountains of southern Vermont.
President Lincoln never made it to Vermont, but his son Robert Todd Lincoln built his stately summer home, Hildene, in the Green and Taconic mountains of Manchester.
Robert Todd Lincoln was already a wealthy man by the time construction was completed on the 24-room Georgian Revival home in 1905. He had served as the Secretary of War and ambassador to Great Britain and at the time was president of the Pullman Palace Car Company, one of the largest companies in the nation.
He purchased over 400 acres of land in Vermont in 1902.
Hildene is open daily for visitors.
