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Robert Todd Lincoln's Hildene

(Manchester, Vermont)

Hildene and Our Tour GuideExcerpts from Kristy:
Robert Todd Lincoln, the only child of Abraham Lincoln to survive to adulthood, built Hildene. He was the president of the Pullman Car Company, which made passenger train cars, so it's fitting that this monstrosity of a house was simply a summer home.

The guides tell stories chock full of eccentric tidbits. Though he was filthy rich, he pinched pennies until they screamed. When told of his father's assassination, he ran through the White House collecting odd bits of his father's personal effects. He also bought his wife a monstrosity of an organ whose pipes run the whole way up the entrance way stairwell. Of course, there are reasons and examples for all of these, but you have to take the tour to find out more.

Not so far off the beaten path, but not so much on the path to destroy the breathtaking views of Vermont's Green Mountains.

http://www.hildene.org

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AND THE TOTAL IS...
Transportation
Lodging
Food
Attractions
TOTAL
133.08
161.98
144.00
+ 120.00
$559.06

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