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The Library. Historic Tinker Swiss Cottage, 411 Kent St., Rockford, Ill. This room, two stories high, Gothic style, Octagonal shape, was copied after Sir Walter Scott's Library in Abbotsford, Scotland, visited by R. H. Tinker in 1862. Contains hundreds of books, oil paintings and Marble table from Italy. Chair Abraham Lincoln used in 1855 when he visited John H. Manny home in Rockford, Ill. Art work on ceiling "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World," parquet flooring.
The Library. Historic Tinker Swiss Cottage, 411 Kent St., Rockford, Ill. This room, two stories high, Gothic style, Octagonal shape, was copied after Sir Walter Scott's Library in Abbotsford, Scotland, visited by R. H. Tinker in 1862. Contains hundreds of books, oil paintings and Marble table from Italy. Chair Abraham Lincoln used in 1855 when he visited John H. Manny home in Rockford, Ill. Art work on ceiling "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World," parquet flooring.