The complex may have been built by the Riggs family, who later became well-known bankers and merchants in the Washington, D.C..
The historic Cottage, built in the Gothic revival style, was constructed from 1842 to 1843 as the home of George Washington Riggs, who went on to establish the Riggs National Bank in Washington, D.C. Lincoln lived in the cottage June to November 1862 through 1864 and during the first summer living there, Lincoln drafted the preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
The son of banker George Washington Riggs, Riggs was from a wealthy upper class Episcopalian family.
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