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- Temple Parlor Stove, 1854-1861 - Abraham and Mary Lincoln had a Temple brand heating stove of this design in the front parlor of their Springfield, Illinois home. It appears in an illustration published in March of 1861. The Gothic Revival style stove in the form of a cottage or small house would have been fashionable in a middle class house of the 1850s, when the Lincolns were furnishing their home.
- 1854-1861
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Temple Parlor Stove, 1854-1861
Abraham and Mary Lincoln had a Temple brand heating stove of this design in the front parlor of their Springfield, Illinois home. It appears in an illustration published in March of 1861. The Gothic Revival style stove in the form of a cottage or small house would have been fashionable in a middle class house of the 1850s, when the Lincolns were furnishing their home.