Abraham Lincoln bought his first and only house in this town.
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Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln bought his first and only house in Springfield, Illinois. In 1844, Mary and Abraham Lincoln paid $1,200 in cash and land for the one-and-half-story, five-room, wood-clapboard structure. It was the only home the Lincolns ever owned. They spent the next 16 years enlarging and improving it.