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One of our elective field trips at the Gettysburg Civil War Institute last summer was a visit to the cottage. It is a very interesting place.
It was also a place where the Lincolns could go in the heat of summer, being situated, as it is, on a hilltop and thus could benefit from cool breezes coming off the Potomac. In Lincoln's day, he could clearly see the river from the cottage. I've got it in my head that the cottage is about four miles from the White House.
Here's a nice Web site:
http://www.lincolncottage.org/
On another note, Fort Stevens is about a mile or so from the cottage. Fort Stevens is also interesting, located in the middle of a residential area, taking up a city block and looking pretty much like a park. But it does feature the remnants of some pretty nice earthworks.