Existing comment:
(Old time memorial plaque)
Anderson Cottage
Constructed 1811
named in honor of
Brevet Major
Robert Anderson
for his role in establishing the
United States Soldiers' Home
Summer White House
of
President Abraham Lincoln 1862 to 1864
President Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 to 1881
President Chester A. Arthur 1882 - 1883
In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln prepared
the final draft of the Emancipation
Proclamation while in residence here. |