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Hildene tour opens door on Lincoln family life

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The Robert Todd Lincoln mansion Hildene in Manchester, Vt. The Georgian Revival home was built in 1905 by Robert Todd Lincoln, the only one of the president's four children to survive to adulthood.

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The Robert Todd Lincoln mansion Hildene in Manchester, Vt.

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The parlor at the Robert Todd Lincoln mansion in Manchester, Vt.

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A bust of Abraham Lincoln decorates the Robert Todd Lincoln mansion.

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The kitchen at the Robert Todd Lincoln mansion.

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The Robert Todd Lincoln mansion Hildene in Manchester, Vt. includes a library.

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The Taft bedroom at the Robert Todd Lincoln mansion Hildene in Manchester, Vt.

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The dining room was a gathering space at the Robert Todd Lincoln mansion Hildene.

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The safe in Robert Todd Lincoln's bedroom at the Robert Todd Lincoln mansion.

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A stove pipe hat and mirror used by Abraham Lincoln is seen at the Robert Todd Lincoln mansion in Manchester, Vt.

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Abe Lincoln was born in a log cabin but his son built himself a mansion. Robert Todd Lincoln, the president's only child to survive to adulthood, built the Georgian Revival home, called Hildene, as a seasonal dream home for his wife Mary Harlan Lincoln and their children. But Hildene is no dusty museum. Located on 412 acres between two spectacular mountain ranges, the homestead offers a feeling of warmth, family and hospitality along with the history lessons.