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The Phoenix Center has opened a new east-side public health center with plans for a north-end location allowing the LGBTQ community center to expand its services to underserved communities in ...
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois.Its population was 114,394 at the 2020 United States census, which makes it the state's seventh-most populous city, [10] the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the most populous in Central Illinois.
Springfield Memorial Hospital (SMH) is a 500-bed non-profit teaching hospital located in Springfield, Illinois. Founded in 1897, [4] Springfield Memorial Hospital is one of two hospitals in the Springfield metropolitan area. It also is home to the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation, a 72,000-square-foot educational learning center. [5]
From 1876 until 1966, the Old State Capitol was the county courthouse of Sangamon County.During this time the building was extensively altered. In 1839, a two-floor building had been large enough to hold the entire governmental structure of Illinois; but after continued growth in the population of Springfield and the surrounding townships, in 1898-1899 Sangamon County raised the historic ...
With a total height of 361 feet (110 m), the Illinois Capitol is the tallest non-skyscraper capitol structure in the United States, even exceeding the height of the United States Capitol with its dome in Washington, D.C. [4] [a] The dome itself of the State Capitol in Springfield is 92.5 ft (28.2 m) wide, and is supported by underground solid bedrock, 25.5 ft (7.8 m) below the surface.
This is a list of Springfield city departments. The departments are part of the larger municipal government of the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois , Springfield . Boards and commissions
The majority of the district's buildings were constructed during Springfield's population boom in the 1860s and its subsequent growth in the latter half of the 19th century. These buildings included hotels, drug stores, groceries, clothing stores, and dry goods stores; some of the stores built in this period are still in operation.
The Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Central Illinois, anchored by the city of Springfield. As of the 2000 census , the MSA had a population of 201,437 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 208,182).