Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park The Birthplace Unit features 116 acres of the Lincoln family’s Sinking Spring Farm. An early 19th century Kentucky cabin symbolizes the one in which Abraham Lincoln was born. The cabin is enshrined inside the granite and marble Memorial Building at the site of his birth. An inscription reads, "Here over the log cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born, destined to preserve the Union and free the slave, a grateful people have dedicated this...