List of City of Springfield Historic Sites

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Individual landmarks[edit]


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