An accurate replica of the Lincoln cabin was reconstructed on its original site after the State of Illinois acquired the land in 1929. The cabin reconstruction was based on photographs and affidavits, since the original was lost followingits move to the Columbian Exposition in 1892. Both rooms are furnished with items and artifacts of the 1840s, though none are known to have belonged to the Lincolns. Today the Thomas Lincoln Farm comes to life through our historic interpreters. The house and surrounding farm are still being used as they were then and our interpreters portray the family members and neighbors who lived in the area.
In 1840, the same year that Thomas Lincoln bought the Goosenest Prairie farm, Stephen Sargent sold his dry goods store in nearby New Richmond and purchased a farm about ten miles east of the Lincolns. Three years later Sargent, with his wife Nancy Chenoweth Harlan, began constructing a spacious timberframe house. Sargent, by all appearances, enjoyed considerable success as a farmer. By 1850, he had accrued 400 acres of land and more than 600 head of livestock. A progressive farmer, Sargent kept up with the latest agricultural innovations of the period, a marked contrast to Thomas Lincoln's older and more traditional farming methods. The Sargent Farm has been fully restored and volunteers assist visitors in understanding the differences between the two living farms.
Reuben Moore came to Illinois with his family pursuing the promise of rich farm land. Within nine days of arriving he purchased 320 arces of land. Reuben paid $1,055.00 for the land, which was a princely sum, for this rich Illinois farm land. The Reuben Moore Home State Historic Site stands among the remnants of the Farmington settlement, one mile north of Lincoln Log Cabin. In late 1856 Reuben Moore built the house and moved in with his wife Matilda Hall (Abraham Lincoln's stepsister) and five children from their previous marriages. Matilda lived in the frame house for several years after Reuben's death in 1859. In January of 1861 Abraham Lincoln bid farewell to his stepmother, Sarah Bush Lincoln at the Moore home on his way to the White House.
The burial site of Thomas Lincoln and Sarah Bush Lincoln is located a mile west of Lincoln Highway Road in the Thomas Lincoln Cemetery.