The replica of the Gentry Mansion is a one-and-a-half story cabin with a large front porch. It has a stone fireplace with a G carved in the stone above the hearth. This cabin was built differently because Mr. Gentry was very well off.

James Gentry, a neighbor of the Lincolns, was a rich land owner who employed Abe on his farm. In 1828, James Gentry hired Lincoln to go with his son, Allen, on a flatboat to New Orleans. The landing from which young Lincoln and Gentry departed at Rockport, is preserved as a memorial at the foot of Clark Street. This log house is furnished with articles from the Gentry family, many of which are over 150 years old.

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In the Gentry Mansion, you will find a bench that belonged to the Gentry's in the late 1800. Also, a bed from 1820, a zither, a reel for yarn, a pair of hames, a table donated by Lizzie Bullock from 1830, and a chair from James Gentry dated 1836. Notice the G carved in the stone above the fireplace.