Reuben Scanland House - Pittsfield, IL
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YoSam.
N 39° 36.411 W 090° 48.639
15S E 687958 N 4386412
Mayors House at the time of Lincoln's Senate race, and Mrs. Scanland did not speak very highly of Mr. Lincoln.
Waymark Code: WM9M0Q
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2010
Views: 3
Marker Text:
Reuben Scanland House
Built ca. 1850's
Scanland was mayor of Pittsfield and a prominent attorney and judge. He backed Lincoln in the 1858 Senate race and Lincoln stayed here during his visit in October 1858. One of the stories associated with this home is of Mrs. Scanland's turkey dinner. Mrs. Scanland prepared an elaborate dinner for Lincoln and her husband's political friends, but they did not return home from a local drugstore where Lincoln was telling stories for a crowd of men. The dinner was cold when they finally got there, and Mrs. Scanland called Lincoln "the laziest man there ever was. Good for nothing except to tell stories." The bed he slept in at this house is in the Pike County Historical Society Museum at East School, 400 East Jefferson Street.
County: Pike County
Historical Society: Abe Lincoln's Pike County
Location: 402 W. Washington St. (US-54), Pittsfield
Website: [Web Link]
Dedication Date: Not listed
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