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The City of Springfield's Historic Sites Commission maintains the registry of landmarks and historic districts and recommend historic designation to the city council. [1] The commission was established in Chapter 101, Ordinance § 101.03.
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 ...
The Central Springfield Historic District is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) historic district in downtown Springfield. The district encompasses Springfield's oldest commercial district and is centered on the Old State Capitol .
This is a list of properties and districts in Illinois that are on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 1,900 in total. There are over 1,900 in total. Of these, 85 are National Historic Landmarks .
The Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site is a historic brick building built in 1841 in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located at 6th and Adams Streets in Springfield, Illinois. The law office has been restored and is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency as a state historic site.
In 1837, Lincoln moved to Springfield from New Salem at the start of his law career. He met his wife, Mary Todd, at her sister's home in Springfield and married there in 1842. The historic-site house at 413 South Eighth Street at the corner of Jackson Street, bought by Lincoln and his wife in 1844, was the only home that Lincoln ever owned.
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Springfield, Illinois" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon is the gift of Thomas Rees, a one-term Illinois senator elected in 1902, who also published the Illinois State Register from 1881 until his death in 1933. During World War I , Rees served on the International Board of Arbitration for newspapers and later for unions, which gave him the opportunity to travel ...