List of City of Springfield Historic Sites

Last updated May 05, 2024

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:
Significant value as part of the historical, archaeological, cultural, artistic, social or other heritage of the nation, state, or city;
Association with an important person or event in national, state, or local history;
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;
Any additional criteria established by the rules promulgated by the commission.

List of landmarks

Individual landmarks


Landmark Name	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

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References

1 2 3 "Boards and Commissions City of Springfield - Home of Abraham Lincoln". www.springfield.il.us. Retrieved 2023-10-15.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 "Boards and Commissions City of Springfield - Home of Abraham Lincoln". www.springfield.il.us. Retrieved 2023-10-15.

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