List of City of Springfield Historic Sites

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

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

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

Individual landmarks

Landmark Name	Image	Location	Built	Style	NRHP date
President Abraham Lincoln Home		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		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		526 S 7th St	1869	Italianate
Camp Lincoln Commissary Building		1301 N MacArthur Blvd	1903		November 13, 1984
Charles Arnold House		810 E Jackson St
Charles Corneau House		426 S 8th St	c. 1849
Chatterton Place		123/125 S 5th St	1853	Eclectic
Clarkson W. Freeman House		704 W Monroe St	1878	Italianate, Carpenter-Gothic trim	September 29, 1980
Congressman James M.Graham House		413 S 7th St	1862	Italianate	May 1, 1989
Cook House		508 S 8th St	c. 1850
Cranmer-Cook House		926 South 7th Street	1877	Italianate
Dana-Thomas House		301 E Lawrence Ave	1902-1904	Prairie Style	July 30, 1974
Decker House		303 S Glenwood Ave	1864	Italianate
Elijah Iles House		628 S 7th St	1837	Greek Revival	February 23, 1978
Executive Mansion		410 E Jackson St	1855	Italianate	July 19, 1976
Fisher-Latham Building		111/113/115 North 6th St	1850s	19th Century classically inspired	April 28, 2000
George M. Brinkerhoff House		1500 N 5th St	1869	Italianate	December 18, 1978
Grant Store/Harts’ Block		225 S 5th St	1868	Italianate
Harriet Dean House		421 S 8th St	1850s
Henson Robinson House		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		2nd & Capitol	1868 - 1888	Renaissance Revival,Second Empire	November 21, 1985
Jessie K. DuBois House		519 S 8th St
The INB Center The CILCO Building		322 E Capitol Ave	1924	Classical Revival, Beaux Arts
James Morse House		818 E Capitol Ave	1855
Jennings Ford Building		431 S 4th St
John L. Lewis House		1132 W Lawrence Ave			September 10, 1979
Julia Sprigg House		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		427 S 12th St	1904		August 6, 1998
Lincoln-Herndon Law Office		6th & Adams St	1840-1841	Greek Revival	August 29, 1978
Lincoln Tomb		Oak Ridge Cemetery	1869-1874		October 15, 1966
Howard K. Weber House		925 S 7th St	1840s	Italianate	October 1, 1979
Lyon / Rosenwald House		413 S 8th St	1850s
Nelson Building		117 S 7th St
Old South Town Theater Marque		1110 S South Grand St
Old State Capitol		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		618 S 7th St	1899	Classical Revival	February 14, 1985
Rippon-Kinsella Home		1317 N 3rd St	c. 1870	Italianate	February 27, 1992
Robert Bullard House		1313 Leland Ave	1906	Prairie Style
Shutt House		525 S 8th St	c. 1859
Schnepp Block		314 E Adams St	1912
Solomon Allen Barn		530 S 8th St
St. Nicholas Hotel		400 E Jefferson St	1855	Georgian Revival	February 10, 1983
The Wetterer-Hodde House		1004 Williams St
Vachel Lindsay Bridge		Lake Springfield	1933-1934
Vachel Lindsay Home		603 S 5th St	1848	Greek Revival	November 11, 1971
Virgil Hickox House		518 E Capitol Ave	c. 1839		March 5, 1982
William Beedle House		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

National Historic Districts

• Central Springfield Historic District

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Sangamon County, Illinois

References

1. "Boards and Commissions City of Springfield - Home of Abraham Lincoln". www.springfield.il.us. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

Sources

• "State Historic Sites Springfield". Historic Springfield. March 14, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
• Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection (1936). Illinois: Springfield. Historic buildings . Retrieved May 10, 2024.

External links

• Official website