The replica of the Gentry Mansion is a one-and-a-half story cabin with a large front porch. It has a stone fireplace with a G carved in the stone above the hearth. This cabin was built differently because Mr. Gentry was very well off.

James Gentry, a neighbor of the Lincolns, was a rich land owner who employed Abe on his farm. In 1828, James Gentry hired Lincoln to go with his son, Allen, on a flatboat to New Orleans. The landing from which young Lincoln and Gentry departed at Rockport, is preserved as a memorial at the foot of Clark Street. This log house is furnished with articles from the Gentry family, many of which are over 150 years old.

Front View

Back View

Back View

Inside View taken April, 2009.

Inside View taken April, 2009.