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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
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".
The Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site is a historic brick building built in 1841 in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located at 6th and Adams Streets in Springfield, Illinois. The law office has been restored and is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency as a state historic site.
A court-appointed receiver, of the Hostmark Hospitality Group, [20] formally took over operations of the now 23-years old establishment now renamed for three years as the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center, prompting then 40th Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (born 1956, served 2003–2009), to lift a previous ban on state ...
"From this building on February 11, 1861 Abraham Lincoln departed Springfield, Illinois to assume the Presidency of the United States. After bidding farewell to a number of friends, he delivered a brief, spontaneous and moving farewell address to the crowd, estimated at 1,000, from the rear platform of the train." Marker series.
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Wyndham Springfield City Centre is the tallest skyscraper in the state capital city of Springfield, Illinois. It was the tallest Hilton Hotel in the state of Illinois (including those in Chicago as well). The hotel in downtown Springfield opened in 1974, and is now a half-century old. [1] as the Forum 30 Plaza Hotel.