<P> Lincoln Logs were invented sometime around 1916--1917 when John Lloyd Wright was working in Japan with his father . The mold for the toy was based on the architecture of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, designed by the inventor's father . The foundation of the hotel was designed with interlocking log beams, which made the structure "earthquake - proof". </P> <P> When he returned to the U.S., John organized The Red Square Toy Company (named after his father's famous symbol), and marketed the toy in 1918 . Wright was issued U.S. patent 1,351,086 on August 31, 1920, for a "Toy - Cabin Construction". Soon after, he changed the name to J.L. Wright Manufacturing . The original Lincoln Log set came with instructions on how to build Uncle Tom's Cabin as well as Abraham Lincoln's cabin . Subsequent sets were larger and more elaborate . The toy was a hit, following as it did Meccano, Tinker Toys and Erector Set introduced a few years before . </P> <P> K'Nex, the toy's current distributor, states the product was named after Abraham Lincoln--famously born in a log cabin--due to patriotism during World War I. Others attribute the name to Frank Lloyd Wright's original name, Frank Lincoln Wright, or the alteration of the name,' linkin' logs . </P> <P> In 1999 Lincoln Logs and John Lloyd Wright were entered into the National Toy Hall of Fame . In December 2014 the manufacturer announced the return of production from China to the U.S. </P>

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