Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society

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Jones-Menard “Red Brick” House

Menard-Jones "Red Brick" House Shelf Sitter - Front
Menard-Jones "Red Brick" House Shelf Sitter - Back

Lincoln Series Shelf Sitter

6.5″ x 4″ x .75″

 

House is located in Tremont, Illinois.

 

Following inscription is on the back:

 

“This house was built in 1845 by John Albert Jones, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln.  The east wing appears to have been added later.  Many notables entertained here including Lincoln, Judge David Davis, Judge Lyman Trumbull, Hon. Leonard Sivell, and Bishop Philander Chase.  Forty people dined here at the Lincoln rally in 1860.  The house was sold to Peter Menard in 1860.”

$20.75

(includes U.S. shipping & tax)


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The Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society (TCGHS) has released a series of four different collectable shelf sitters representing historic Tazewell County buildings regularly visited by Abraham Lincoln when he rode the 8th Judicial Circuit in the late 1840s through 1860.   Collect all four – the Tazewell County Courthouse, the Jones-Menard “Red Brick” House, the Lilly Inn, and the Tazewell House!  The shelf sitters vary in size but are all around 5″ x 7″.  They are about 3/4″ thick and, of course, stand upright on their own.

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