Historical Marker

Rob Morris, 1818-1888


A Mason and Poet Laureate of Freemasonry, Rob Morris lived here in 1854 when he wrote "The Level and the Square," the best-loved of over 400 poems which earned him the laureateship. He was also the Master Builder of the Order of the Eastern Star, an international fraternal order.

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, in 1809. His birthplace is now a National Historical Park.