List of City of Springfield Historic Sites

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Historic Sites is a designation of the City of Springfield's Historic Sites Commission. Many of these landmarks are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Historic Preservation Commission

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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.[1]

Criteria

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The criteria for inclusion in the historic register are laid out in Ordinance § 101.10.[1]

The commission shall consider the following criteria in determining whether to recommend an improvement for historic designation:

  1. Significant value as part of the historical, archaeological, cultural, artistic, social or other heritage of the nation, state, or city;
  2. Association with an important person or event in national, state, or local history;
  3. Representative of the distinguishing characteristics of architectural type, period, or method of construction, or the notable work of a master builder, designer, architect, or artist, or a work that possesses high artistic value or that represents a significant and distinguishable entity although its components may lack individual distinction;
  4. Any additional criteria established by the rules promulgated by the commission.

List of landmarks

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Individual landmarks

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Landmark Name Image Location Built Style NRHP date
President Abraham Lincoln Home File:Lincoln Home 1.jpg 413 S 8th St 1839 August 18, 1971
Claus Grocery Store 1700 S 11th St 1905
Constant & Groves Chevrolet Building 425 S 4th St
Adams House 2315 Clear Lake Ave
Allen Miller House File:Miller House P7130046.jpg 511 S 8th St
Bell Miller Apartments 835 S 6th St
Booth-Grunendike Mansion 500 S 6th St c. 1870 Second Empire
Bunn-Sankey House 1001 S 6th St 1883 Queen Anne (Half-Timbered)
Bernard Stuve House File:Stuve House P7130057.jpg 526 S 7th St 1869 Italianate
Camp Lincoln Commissary Building File:Commissary Lincoln museum.jpg 1301 N MacArthur Blvd 1903 November 13, 1984
Charles Arnold House File:Arnold House P7130071.jpg 810 E Jackson St
Charles Corneau House File:Constructed ca. 1849, the Corneau House was purchased by Charles Corneau in 1855. Mr. Corneau was a druggist, that era's version (63628424-14a5-4f47-8e18-32f2692241f6).JPG 426 S 8th St c. 1849
Chatterton Place 123/125 S 5th St 1853 Eclectic
Clarkson W. Freeman House File:Clarkson W Freeman House.jpg 704 W Monroe St 1878 Italianate, Carpenter-Gothic trim September 29, 1980
Congressman James M.Graham House File:Cong. James M. Graham House.JPG 413 S 7th St 1862 Italianate May 1, 1989
Cook House File:Cook House (7174635309).jpg 508 S 8th St c. 1850
Cranmer-Cook House 926 South 7th Street 1877 Italianate
Dana-Thomas House File:Susan Lawrence Dana House (7167054249).jpg 301 E Lawrence Ave 1902-1904 Prairie Style July 30, 1974
Decker House 303 S Glenwood Ave 1864 Italianate
Elijah Iles House File:Elijah Iles House.JPG 628 S 7th St 1837 Greek Revival February 23, 1978
Executive Mansion File:Executive Mansion.JPG 410 E Jackson St 1855 Italianate July 19, 1976
Fisher-Latham Building File:Fisher Building-Latham Block.JPG 111/113/115 North 6th St 1850s 19th Century classically inspired April 28, 2000
George M. Brinkerhoff House File:Brinkerhoff house.jpg 1500 N 5th St 1869 Italianate December 18, 1978
Grant Store/Harts’ Block 225 S 5th St 1868 Italianate
Harriet Dean House File:View of the front of the Dean House in the Lincoln Home neighborhood. (975d6328-1a52-4ee9-beea-2ed0f75a7cc2).jpg 421 S 8th St 1850s
Henson Robinson House File:Robinson House (7359860352).jpg 520 S 8th St 1863-1866
Hoogland Center for the Arts 420 S 6th St
Illinois Hotel 401 E Washington St 1903
Illinois State Armory 107/111 E Monroe St 1936 Art Deco
Illinois State Capitol File:Illinois State Capitol pano.jpg 2nd & Capitol 1868 - 1888 Renaissance Revival,Second Empire November 21, 1985
Jessie K. DuBois House File:Dubois House P7130050.jpg 519 S 8th St
The INB Center

The CILCO Building

322 E Capitol Ave 1924 Classical Revival, Beaux Arts
James Morse House File:Built in 1855, the Morse House was home to Mr. James Morse and family from 1855-1880. (bf60da2e-4b7c-4698-aff1-60c9a430cd5c).JPG 818 E Capitol Ave 1855
Jennings Ford Building File:Jennings Ford Automobile Dealership.JPG 431 S 4th St
John L. Lewis House File:JLLewisHouse.jpg 1132 W Lawrence Ave September 10, 1979
Julia Sprigg House File:Sprigg House (7359858126).jpg 507 S 8th St
K-Mart / Kresge Building 127/131 S 5th St Art Deco
Kirlin Building 107-111 S 7th St 1889
Lanphier Building 419/421 E Adams St c. 1870–1884
Lincoln Colored Home File:Lincoln Colored Home.jpg 427 S 12th St 1904 August 6, 1998
Lincoln-Herndon Law Office File:Lincoln Herndon law offices.jpg 6th & Adams St 1840-1841 Greek Revival August 29, 1978
Lincoln Tomb File:Abraham Lincoln Tomb Springfield Illiois.jpg Oak Ridge Cemetery 1869-1874 October 15, 1966
Howard K. Weber House File:Howard K. Weber House.JPG 925 S 7th St 1840s Italianate October 1, 1979
Lyon / Rosenwald House File:Lyon House (7174636171).jpg 413 S 8th St 1850s
Nelson Building 117 S 7th St
Old South Town Theater Marque 1110 S South Grand St
Old State Capitol File:Springfield,Illinois-Old State Capitol.jpg One Old State Capitol Plaza 1837 to 1853 Greek Revival October 15, 1966
Old State House Inn 101 E Adams St
Pasfield House 404 W Jackson Pkwy 1896
Price/Wheeler House File:Price-Wheeler House in Springfield, IL.jpg 618 S 7th St 1899 Classical Revival February 14, 1985
Rippon-Kinsella Home File:Ripping-Kinsella House.jpg 1317 N 3rd St c. 1870 Italianate February 27, 1992
Robert Bullard House 1313 Leland Ave 1906 Prairie Style
Shutt House File:Shutt House (7359858828).jpg 525 S 8th St c. 1859
Schnepp Block 314 E Adams St 1912
Solomon Allen Barn 530 S 8th St
St. Nicholas Hotel File:St. Nicholas Hotel.JPG 400 E Jefferson St 1855 Georgian Revival February 10, 1983
The Wetterer-Hodde House 1004 Williams St
Vachel Lindsay Bridge File:Lindsay Bridge Lake Springfield below from north.jpg Lake Springfield 1933-1934
Vachel Lindsay Home File:Vachel Lindsay House (7359114498).jpg 603 S 5th St 1848 Greek Revival November 11, 1971
Virgil Hickox House File:Virgil Hickox House.JPG 518 E Capitol Ave c. 1839 March 5, 1982
William Beedle House File:Beedle House P7130032.jpg 411 S 8th St 1840
Witmer-Schuck Building 630 E Washington St 1867
Zimmerman Paint Store Building 417 E Adams St c. 1860–1870

Historic Districts

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National Historic Districts

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See also

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References

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