Address: 1426 Bath Street
I presume that it was not a surprise gift when bridegroom Henry Patrick Lincoln had a modest five-room, one-story cottage built for his bride, Annie Merton Stanwood. The house was located on Bath Street just south of Micheltorena Street. Their wedding reception in 1889 was held in the home’s living room, which was said to be one of the largest of its kind in Santa Barbara.
Like his father and brother, Henry Patrick Lincoln was a successful banker. The Lincoln family, distant relatives of President Abraham Lincoln, had moved to Santa Barbara from Boston in 1871. The groom’s father, Amasa Lincoln, built the Lincoln House Hotel. Now called The Upham, the hotel still stands on the corner of De la Vina and Sola Streets.