It doesn’t impress like George Washington’s plantation on the Potomac, but Lincoln’s home in downtown Springfield, Illinois, as proved/has proven irresistible to visitors since it opened to the public. Beautifully restored (修复) to its 1860 appearance, the house was Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s home for 17 years. In 1844 they bought it for $1,200 and some land from Charles Dresser, who performed their marriage ceremony in 1842.

林肯在伊利诺伊州斯普林菲尔德市中心的家，不像乔治华盛顿在波托马克河上的种植园那样令人印象深刻，但自从它向公众开放以来，表现出对游客有着不可抗拒的吸引力。这座房子现已修复到 1860 年的样子。亚伯拉罕和玛丽林肯曾在比居住17年。 1844 年，他们以 1,200 美元加上一些土地，从查尔斯·德莱塞处买下它。后者是 1842 年他们婚礼的主婚人。

When the house was built, it was much smaller than it is today. Mary’s niece wrote, “The little home was painted white. It was sweet and fresh. Mary loved it. She was extremely pretty, and her house was a reflection of herself, everything in good taste and in perfect order.

房子建成时，它比现在小得多。玛丽的侄女写道：“小房子被漆成了白色，温馨而崭新。玛丽很喜欢它。她非常漂亮，她的房子是她自己的反映:有品位且井然有序。

Although Mary loved flowers, neither she nor her husband was known as a gardener. A long-time neighbor said they never planted trees and only kept a garden for one year. Mary’s sister, Frances Todd Wallace, often came over to plant flowers in the front yard.

尽管玛丽喜欢花，但她和她的丈夫都不是园丁。一位老邻居说，他们从不种树，只管理了一年的花园。玛丽的妹妹弗朗西斯·托德·华莱士经常过来在前院种花。

The Lincolns enlarged the house to a full two stories in 1856 to meet the needs of their growing family. Three of the four Lincoln sons were born here. After Lincoln was elected President of the US in 1861, they rented the house and sold most of their furniture.

1856 年，林肯夫妇将房子扩建为两层，以满足他们不断壮大的家庭的需要。林肯的四个儿子中有三个在这里出生。1861年林肯竞选总统之后，他们将房子租了出去，也卖掉了大部分的家具。