{"nrhp_refnum":"72001414","name":"Lincoln Homestead and Cemetery","other_names":["Lincoln, Jacob, House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of jct. of VA 684 and 42","address_restricted":false,"city":"Broadway","county":"Rockingham County","state":"VA","lat":38.55999295500004,"lon":-78.82877313618869,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-12-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Federal-style brick farmhouse (the Jacob Lincoln House) with an adjoining family cemetery on the east side of Route 42 near Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia. The front section was built by Jacob Lincoln and the rear ell dates to 1849.","why_significant":"The house was the seat of the Virginia branch of the Lincoln family, whose members included the great-grandfather and grandfather of President Abraham Lincoln. It is described as an unusually sophisticated example of Federal-style architecture in an area dominated by Pennsylvania German farmhouse traditions. The cemetery holds five generations of Lincolns.","narrative":"Set in the Mennonite farm country along Linville Creek in Rockingham County, this two-section brick farmhouse was built by Jacob Lincoln, a younger son of John \"Virginia John\" Lincoln. John Lincoln moved from Pennsylvania in 1768, and his grandson Thomas, born on Linville Creek in 1776, became the father of President Abraham Lincoln. The front section has a six-room plan with a center stair hall, Flemish bond brick on the facade, a wooden cornice with Wall-of-Troy molding, and limestone lintels. Its Federal-style doorway, attributed to a local cabinetmaker named Schultz, is the main surviving original feature; the mantels have been removed. A rear ell was added in 1849 and later joined to the house. The house passed out of the family in 1874. On a hill to the north, the family cemetery holds five generations of Lincolns, including Virginia John and Jacob, and is now maintained by the Rockingham Historical Society.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Jacob Lincoln (builder); cabinetmaker Schultz reputedly made the front doorway and mantels","architectural_style":"Federal (Shenandoah Valley Federal-style)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered, on its original site, and used as a private residence. The cemetery is being restored and maintained by the Rockingham Historical Society.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.530484-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/6834/41683493/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001414.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001414/08c9f72341-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001414/08c9f72341-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kevin M. Byrne","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Homestead_01_2014-09-13.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin M. Byrne</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Homestead_01_2014-09-13.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683493","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Homestead_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15242384"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockingham-county/lincoln-homestead-and-cemetery-72001414/"}