Where did the Lincolns live after the Globe Tavern?

[RJNorton]

(04-10-2018 05:25 PM)Anita Wrote:  Jean Baker described the cottage on South Fourth having 4 rooms

Catherine Clinton describes our "mystery cottage" as having 3 rooms on p. 68 of her Mary Lincoln biography.

And if it was Rague's "Grecian Cottage" then it was described as having 6 rooms! Go figure!

Yesterday while looking through some books I noted that Katherine Helm's 1928 biography skips the little home completely. She wrote, "From the Globe Tavern Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln went to housekeeping in a little cottage of their own on the corner of Eighth and Jackson Streets."

(04-10-2018 06:33 PM)Steve Wrote:  William E. Barton mentioned the 214 South 4th Street address in his 1925 biography of Lincoln (without a source):

Thanks, Steve. We can now move the earliest mention back 3 years to 1925.

(04-10-2018 06:33 PM)Steve Wrote:  Does it make sense for the Lincolns to briefly move out of the Globe Tavern, if they're already looking to buy a home soon?

I have seen the Glove Tavern sometimes described as a loud place which mainly catered to (mostly male) travelers. Everybody staying there ate at a common table. Perhaps this wasn't the best environment for mother and baby, and Mary wanted to move out?