Site of Joseph Heck Bakery - Pittsfield,
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YoSam.
N 39° 36.483 W 090° 48.321
15S E 688410 N 4386557
Another of Abraham Lincoln's haunts, and in includes food again.
Waymark Code: WM9HR9
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/24/2010
Views: 3
Marker Text:
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.
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