Lincoln's White house and the Ship of Theseus

[RJNorton]

I would like to know from those who have been there how original the Lincoln Home feels?

What a great question, Eva, and I wish I could give an answer. I made 25+ trips through the home during our school's annual 8th grade trip to Springfield. My main focus was on discipline and making sure all the students behaved. As I recall tours were limited to 15-20 students at a time, but this still was enough to prevent me from getting a real feel for the home. That memory overwhelms the few times I went through the house without any students. I simply cannot remember how I felt. Believe it or not my clearest memory is of the outhouse in back of the home.