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He purchased it in 1844 from the Rev. Charles Dresser, who married Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd on November 4, 1842. When Lincoln, the young lawyer, brought the property for $1,500 it was a one and one-half story cottage, built in 1839. To this home on May 2, 1844, he brought his wife and infant son, Robert Todd. The Lincolns had been living at the Globe Tavern, where room and board were four dollars a week. Robert was born on August 1, 1843 and died July 26, 1926. The other three boys were born in the home: Edward Baker (1846-1850), William Wallace (1850-1862), and Thomas, known as 'Tad,' (1853-1871). 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The Ferguson Fountain of the Great Lakes is located at the south end of the Art Institute in Grant Park. The figures represent the different great lakes. 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