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Taken: Circa 1860
Caption: Colonel William Ross House
Additional Description: This is the house as Lincoln would have seen it. This is a photo taken of a drawing from an 1860 plat book atlas of Pike County. The home was nearly destroyed by fire around the turn of the century and was rebuilt in the Folk-Victorian style that was popular in this area at the time. The brick portions of the house are original or slightly modified, while the wood portions are what were rebuilt.
Submitted: May 30, 2019, by Emily Pursley of Pittsfield, Illinois.
Database Locator Identification Number: p477158
File Size: 3.463 Megabytes

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