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  2. Springfield, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    2395940 [3] Website. www.springfield.il.us. Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the seat of Sangamon County. The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh-most populous city, [10] the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the ...

  3. Lincoln Home National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Old State Capitol State Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of City of Springfield Historic Sites - Wikipedia

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    Henson Robinson House. 520 S 8th St. 1863-1866. Hoogland Center for the Arts. 420 S 6th St. Illinois Hotel. 401 E Washington St.

  6. Illinois State Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Illinois State Museum is, as of January 2019, a division of IDNR and consists of four museum facilities: the flag ship Museum and the Research and Collections Center in Springfield, Dickson Mounds in Lewistown, and the Lockport Gallery in Lockport. The Museum has its own 11-member board, appointed by the Governor of Illinois with the advice ...

  7. Strawbridge-Shepherd House - Wikipedia

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    The Strawbridge-Shepherd House is a historic house located at 5255 Shepherd Road in Springfield, Illinois. Saddle and harness maker Thomas Strawbridge built the house for himself circa 1845. The original house was a two-story Greek Revival structure, a popular design choice at the time; it is one of the best-preserved Greek Revival houses in ...

  8. Elijah Iles House - Wikipedia

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    Elijah Iles House. The Elijah Iles House is a historic house at 628 S. 7th Street in Springfield, Illinois. Built c. 1837, the house has survived nearly intact for 182 years and is the oldest such structure in Springfield. Iles, who moved to Springfield in 1821, was one of the city's earliest settlers.

  9. Oak Ridge Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    August 4, 1995. Oak Ridge Cemetery is an American cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. The Lincoln Tomb, where Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of their children lie, is here, as are the graves of other prominent Illinois figures. Opened in 1860, it was the third and is now the only public cemetery in Springfield, after the City Cemetery ...

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