9. Lukins-Ferguson Home
In 1831, the year Abraham Lincoln arrived in the town, fellow Kentuckian Peter Lukins built a two-room cabin that also housed his cobbler's shop. Lukins left a year later with George Warburton to develop the town of Petersburg.Alexander Ferguson then moved into the building and continued the shoemaking trade and leather business. By 1840, however, he too had moved on, having bought a farm in the vicinity.
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