Historic house with ties to Lincoln has small town, state at odds

State Historical Society says plans to raze structure cannot move forward

The Mentor Graham House along Highway 14 in Blunt, South Dakota. (Austin Goss/The Dakota Scout)

BLUNT – Beaten and battered alongside Highway 14 in Blunt, South Dakota is a small, two-story house that connects the Rushmore State to America’s most famous president. 

And though the city of Blunt - the building’s owner - plans to demolish the building later this year, those plans could be halted as a result of the city’s failing to notify state officials of their plan.

Across from the city’s only gas station, which also serves as a convenience store and restaurant, stands the Mentor Graham House. The site is the former homestead of the man credited with giving President Abraham Lincoln his education. 

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