Postcard
Dr. John Allen's Residence
| View across lawn towards two log structures among trees, and an ox-drawn wagon on the left side of the building in the front. Postcard text reads: "DR. JOHN ALLEN'S RESIDENCE Doctor John Allen came to New Salem in 1830. In 1833 he built a three room log residence and on March 27, 1834, married Mary E. Moore. Because of his extensive practice he became one of New Salem's most prosperous citizens. He was a devout Presbyterian and established the village's first Sunday School and Temperance Society in his house. The Allens moved to Petersburg in 1838. The following year a tenant whose name now unknown lived in the cabin; the next two years the Traylor family occupied it and finally, in 1842, it was abandoned. The main room was the parlor, dining room and kitchen, the leanto served as a bedroom and the west room was used by the doctor as an office. Inn the background is the ox team and Conestoga wagon, and Rutledge Tavern." |
| Image ID: | 153926 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Springfield News Agency |
| City: | New Salem |
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| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Name File |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | NF Allen, Dr. John |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Trees |
| Lawns |
| Log cabins |
| Outdoor photography |
| Wagons |
| Oxen |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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