Mordecai Lincoln House (Lorane, Pennsylvania)

Mordecai Lincoln House
View from the road (east)
Mordecai Lincoln House (Lorane, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Mordecai Lincoln House (Lorane, Pennsylvania)
Mordecai Lincoln House (Lorane, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Mordecai Lincoln House (Lorane, Pennsylvania)
Nearest cityBirdsboro, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°16′55″N 75°50′2″W / 40.28194°N 75.83389°W / 40.28194; -75.83389
Built1733, 1760
Architectural styleVernacular
NRHP reference No.88002370[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 3, 1988
Designated PHMCMarch 29, 1947[2]

The Mordecai Lincoln House is a historic house in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania built c. 1733 by Mordecai Lincoln, the great-great-grandfather of President Abraham Lincoln. The house stands in the narrow valley of Hiester Creek on a 9-acre plot near the village of Lorane on Lincoln Road.[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  3. ^ Pheobe L. Hopkins, 1988, NRHP Nomination Form for Mordecai Lincoln House Enter "public" for ID and "public" for password to access the site.