Joseph Heck Bakery - Pittsfield Historic District - Pittsfield, IL
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N 39° 36.483 W 090° 48.321
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Another of Abraham Lincoln's haunts, and in includes food again. Number 6 on the NRHP list.
Waymark Code: WMVD89
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2017
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County of building: Pike County
Location of building: Madison St. & E. Adams St., Pittsfield
Built: 1881
Number 6
"6. JOSEPH HECK BAKERY
120 East Adams
Built in 1881
"Joseph Heck was a native of Germany and settled in Pittsfield after residency in Philadelphia, Quincy, and elsewhere
in Pike County. The bakery was originally located in Pittsfield's first county courthouse (1833-8), which occupied
this site until razed in 1880. It was through Nicolay (v.No.2 above), a family friend, that A. Lincoln was brought
by the bakery for cider and and gingerbread on 1 October 1858." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
Historic Marker on site:
"Site of Joseph Heck Bakery Abraham Lincoln drank cider and ate gingerbread here. Site of the first Pike County courthouse in Pittsfield. The building was sold to Joseph Heck, a native of Durmersheim, Germany, born there in 1822. Heck emigrated to America in 1846, moving first to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and then here to Pittsfield in 1855. He was a grocer, baker and confectioner. John Nicolay took Lincoln to "Penny Hecks" for cider and gingerbread Oct 1, 1858, during his Senatorial campaign visit." ~ Abe Lincoln's Pike County