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.| HM Number | HM1HPV |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | Lincoln's Pike County |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, November 8th, 2014 at 3:06pm PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 687952 N 4386412 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.60685000, -90.81071667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 36.411', W 90° 48.643' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 36' 24.66" N, 90° 48' 38.58" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 217 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 400-424 W Washington St, Pittsfield IL 62363, US |
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