Although I'm not a native Kentuckian, in the eight plus years that I've lived here, I've always been fascinated with the history surrounding this area. President Abraham Lincoln was born in rural Hodgenville, KY ( yes folks, he was born in Kentucky, not Illinois ). Abe's father, Thomas Lincoln, was a carpenter in this area for part of his life. Of the structures that he is credited to having helped build, The Lincoln Heritage House located in Elizabethtown ( as in the motion picture ) is one of the areas most notable. The four room cabin, erected next to an earlier single room structure, had been in existence since ca. 1805.
This was a grand log building, one with a rich sense of history, and truly cherished by the Elizabethtown community. The photo shown above was one of my very first landscape shots taken about four years ago. The cabin also served as the site that I used as a background for my first model shoot in the summer of 2007 shown below. Two great photographic memories for a newbie photographer!
This was a grand log building, one with a rich sense of history, and truly cherished by the Elizabethtown community. The photo shown above was one of my very first landscape shots taken about four years ago. The cabin also served as the site that I used as a background for my first model shoot in the summer of 2007 shown below. Two great photographic memories for a newbie photographer!
Unfortunately, the splendor of this historical treasure came to an abrupt ending in the early morning hours of May 30, 2009 when it was destroyed by fire in a senseless act of arson. And although I'm not a native, I felt the same deep sadness as the other community members who gathered to view what had taken place. These latest shots will be ingrained in my memory for some time to come, but unfortunately not with the same fondness as the earlier ones.
The Lincoln Heritage House 1805 - 2009
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