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Bryant Cottage receives reprieve; volunteers step up to help
November 22, 2008
BEMENT – The Bryant Cottage State Historic Site will remain open after all.
Dave Blanchette, a spokesman for the Illinois State Preservation Agency, confirmed Friday afternoon that the agency has removed Bryant Cottage from the list of historic sites scheduled to close on Nov. 30.
Bryant Cottage, the home where Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas are said to have planned their debates 150 years ago, is one of only two historic sites being removed from the closure list. The other is the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington. Full story »
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