The Bryant Cottage State Historic Site is a simple, 1856 four-room house located in Bement, Illinois in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is preserved by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency as an example of Piatt County, Illinois pioneer architecture and as a key historic site in the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Read more about Bryant Cottage State Historic Site: Francis E. Bryant, Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Local Folklore, Current Status
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