Hildene - Home of Robert Todd Lincoln

Historic Route 7A
Manchester, VT, 05254

URL : http://www.hildene.org

overview : Historic Home of Robert Todd Lincoln . . In 1902, Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest son of President Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln, hired a Boston architectural firm to build a stately home on a promontory overlooking the Battenkill valley in Manchester, Vermont. - The site he chose commanded sweeping views of the valley bordered by the Taconic Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east. His magnificent Georgian Revival style home was completed three years later. - Robert Todd Lincoln named his new home Hildene meaning "hill" and "valley. "

topics : historic homes, presidential, American, history