Co. Rd. 9.5 North, 0.5 mi. E of Cantrall, Cantrall, Illinois. County/parish: Sangamon.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 01, 1989. NRIS 89000341.
11 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 3 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.
The Power Farmstead is a historic farm located on County Road 9500N east of Cantrall, Illinois. George Power, a prominent early settler of northern Sangamon County, established the farm in the 1820s. The farm includes an intact collection of buildings which represent typical 19th-century farm life. In addition, the original farmhouse served as a local courthouse, as Power was Sangamon County's justice of the peace for two decades; Abraham Lincoln argued his first case in the courthouse. The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1989.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894010