HILDENE

His father was born in a log cabin and called from the humblest rank in life to preside over our nation during the most momentous period of its history. One generation later, Robert Lincoln, the only child of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln to survive to adulthood, became president of the Pullman Company, the largest manufacturing corporation at the turn of the 20th century... Admission includes a brief video presentation in the Welcome Center, self-guided tour of Robert and Mary Lincoln's home, listening to the 1,000-pipe Aeolian organ and the Formal Garden. Also included are the Cutting and Kitchen Gardens, Pullman car Sunbeam, Robert's Observatory and 12 miles of walking trails, Hildene Farm goat dairy and cheese making facility, the exhibits: The American Ideal, Abraham Lincoln and the Second Inaugural and Many Voices and new this year - Dene Farm, located in the meadows below. All venues including exhibits. the main house and gardens, Pullman car and farms are open daily.

Primary location: Manchester United States