Burns Cottage
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| Location | Place of Nations |
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| No. of Buildings | 1 |
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| Construction Cost | $2,500 ($75,398 in 2021) |
Located near the Switzerland National Pavilion was a reproduction of a Scottish cottage, where renown poet Robert Burns, was born in 1759.
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The replica of the historic cottage on the Doon where Robert Burns was born is most appropriately the feature of the Neuk. Scotchmen planned, in the beginning of the pre-exposition period, the reproduction. The movement spread from St. Louis to other parts of the United States, to Canada and to Scotland. Not only is the cottage in exterior appearance true to the original. The contents suggest the lowly origin of the poet. They include many things to revive Scottish memory and to stimulate Scottish pride. “The Burns Cottage,” it is familiarly called. It is more than a, reminiscence to visiting Scotchmen. It is a shrine for those of all nations whose hearts beat to the measures of:
“For a’ that and a’ that. It’s cornin’ yet for a’ that. That man to man, the world o’er, Shall brithers be lor a’ that.”
