Lincoln Pioneer Village

	Lincoln Pioneer Village
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	From 9th Street, in July 2011
Location	Junction of 9th St. and Eureka Rd., Rockport, Indiana
Coordinates	37°52′48″N 87°3′28″W / 37.88000°N 87.05778°W
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1935
Built by	WPA/FERA
Architect	George Honig
Architectural style	Split log cabin
NRHP reference No.	98000305
Added to NRHP	April 20, 1998

Lincoln Pioneer Village is a memorial along the Ohio River in Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana to President Abraham Lincoln who lived in the county during his boyhood years.^[2] It was built in 1934 and 1935^[2]^[3] in the city park by the Works Progress Administration.^[4] George Honig, an artist and sculptor from Spencer County, designed the memorial. He also oversaw the building of the pioneer village replica, which was sponsored by the Spencer County Historical Society and the Rockport City Council.^[2] It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1998.^[5]

Overview

Rockport is the county seat for Spencer County and 17 miles from where Lincoln was raised.^[2] In Rockport, Lincoln borrowed books from John Pitcher, a lawyer, and set off with Allen Gentry on flatboat trips to New Orleans.^[2]

The village replica was built near the boat landing that Lincoln used for his flatboat trips.^[2] A wooden stockade surrounds the village, which contains a replica of the old Little Pigeon Baptist Church, log cabin school house, school, an inn, houses, and a law office.^[2]^[3] The cabins represent the homes of people that lived in the community (Little Pigeon Creek Community) where Lincoln was raised and is furnished in keeping with the frontier times and lifestyle, including spinning wheels, churns, handmade chairs, iron pans, tables, beds, dishes and other furnishings.^[2]

The houses include those of his sister Sarah Lincoln Grigsby and brother-in-law Aaron Grigsby, merchant and farmer James Gentry, and neighbor Josiah Crawford, who employed Abraham and Sarah Lincoln. The Aunt Lepha Mackey^[a] Cabin represents the home of the Rockport woman who took in and taught African American children, who would not have otherwise had an education. Mackey's cabin was the site of first school for African American children in southern Indiana. The village also includes a replica of John Pritcher's Rockport law office and the William Jones store.^[2]

Buildings

The village buildings include:^[4]

Administration Building and Museum Room
John Pritcher Law Office
Azel Dorsey House
Daniel Grass House
Aunt Lepha Mackey House^[a]
Gentry Mansion
Former Home of Rueben Grigsby
Pigeon Creek Baptist Church
Brown's Inn
Lincoln Cabin
Market and Barter House
Grandview Blockhouse
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Crawford House
William Jones store

In popular culture

The movie The Kentuckian was filmed at Lincoln Pioneer Village^[3]^[6]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Lepha's surname is also spelled McCay and McKey

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Bess V. Ehrmann (1949). "Lincoln Pioneer Village: A Lincoln Memorial, Rockport, Indiana". Democrat Publishing Company.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wanda Lou Willis (2004). More Haunted Hoosier Trails. Emmis Books. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-57860-182-0.
^ ^a ^b Best Books (1941). Indiana: A Guide to the Hoosier State. Best Books. pp. 406–407. ISBN 978-1-62376-013-7.
^ Glory-June Greiff (September 29, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Registration Form: Lincoln Pioneer Village" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 10, 2015. Photos
^ Ralph Gary (November 2002). Following in Lincoln's Footsteps: A Complete Annotated Reference to Hundreds of Historical Sites Visited by Abraham Lincoln. BASIC BOOKS. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-7867-1068-3.

External links

Lincoln Pioneer Village, GeorgeHonig.org
Lincoln Pioneer Village, short video of the village

[Lepha-6] Lepha's surname is also spelled McCay and McKey

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[Ehrmann-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Bess V. Ehrmann (1949). "Lincoln Pioneer Village: A Lincoln Memorial, Rockport, Indiana". Democrat Publishing Company.

[Willis-3] Wanda Lou Willis (2004). More Haunted Hoosier Trails. Emmis Books. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-57860-182-0.

[WPA-4] Best Books (1941). Indiana: A Guide to the Hoosier State. Best Books. pp. 406–407. ISBN 978-1-62376-013-7.

[nom-5] Glory-June Greiff (September 29, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Registration Form: Lincoln Pioneer Village" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved October 10, 2015. Photos

[Gary-7] Ralph Gary (November 2002). Following in Lincoln's Footsteps: A Complete Annotated Reference to Hundreds of Historical Sites Visited by Abraham Lincoln. BASIC BOOKS. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-7867-1068-3.

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