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The Jefferson Avenue Footbridge over the railroad tracks is a separately listed historic structure adjacent to the district.. The Commercial Street Historic District is a national historic district located between Washington Ave. and Grant Ave. in Springfield, Missouri, United States. [2]
It encompasses 455 buildings, 8 structures, and 7 objects in a predominantly residential section of Springfield. It developed between about 1871 and 1952, and includes representative examples of Late Victorian , Colonial Revival , and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture, including the separately listed Bentley House and Stone Chapel .
The majority of the district's buildings were constructed during Springfield's population boom in the 1860s and its subsequent growth in the latter half of the 19th century. These buildings included hotels, drug stores, groceries, clothing stores, and dry goods stores; some of the stores built in this period are still in operation.
Developed during Springfield's industrial growth of the 1850s to the 1920s, the South Fountain Avenue Historic District encompasses about 15 square blocks south of downtown Springfield, across the street from South High School. Among its prominent early residents were Oliver S. Kelly, [1] William N. Whiteley, and Francis Bookwalter. [2]
Chicago 1986 [21] Cannoneer Court at Pratt Institute: Brooklyn, New York: 1986 Wells Fargo Tower: Birmingham, Alabama: 1987 Previously known as SouthTrust Tower and Wachovia Tower. 321 North Clark: Chicago 1987 Chase Tower: Dallas: 1987 Also known as JPMorgan Chase Tower and Texas Commerce Tower. Nicknamed Keyhole Building. Leo J. Pantas Hall ...
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.
Lake Springfield was created in 1957 with the construction of a dam on the James River. The city of Springfield purchased the land before it was submerged. It cost $11.1 million to buy the land and build the dam to create the lake and first two units of the power station. [3] The lake was to be a cooling reservoir for the James River Power plant.