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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.
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
This is the second hotel in Springfield to be named after the hometown boy and 16th President. Another 13-story hotel, known as the Abraham Lincoln Hotel (fondly nicknamed "Old Abe's"), opened in 1926 and closed for business only 38 years later in June 1964. [30] It was torn down in a controlled implosion demolition on December 17, 1978. [31]
The hotel in downtown Springfield opened in 1974, and is now a half-century old. [1] as the Forum 30 Plaza Hotel. It was renamed the Hilton Towers six years later in 1980, [2] later becoming the Springfield Hilton and then the reversal of names with Hilton Springfield in 1998. [3] The hotel converted from Hilton to the Wyndham chain, acquiring ...
Audio narrated diorama tour telling about Abraham Lincoln and the selection of Springfield as the state capital in the late 1830s: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum: Springfield: Sangamon: Central: Biographical: Life of the 16th U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln, and the course of the American Civil War: Addison Historical Museum ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is once again under the spotlight after a manager failed to consult a collections committee before purchasing a 21 ...
The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1983. [1] It is the only remaining hotel in Springfield which dates from the 1920s or earlier. [2] The hotel is no longer in operation, having switched over to apartments. The building is now referred to as the St. Nicholas Apartments.
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is located in Springfield, Illinois, in the historic downtown section, near many other Lincoln cultural sites. The presidential library opened on October 14, 2004, and the museum opened on April 19, 2005. Until 1970, Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. was designated as the "Lincoln Museum".