The actual cabin fell into disrepair probably before Lincoln became president. According to research by D. T. Pitcaithley, the new cabin, a hoax built in 1894, was leased to two amusement park owners, went to Coney Island, where it got commingled with the birthplace cabin of Jefferson Davis {another hoax}, and was finally shrunk to fit inside a marble pantheon in Kentucky, where, reassembled, it still stands.
( James W. Loewen )
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