Central Springfield Historic District
The Central Springfield Historic District is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) historic district in downtown Springfield.
The Central Springfield Historic District is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) historic district in downtown Springfield. The district encompasses Springfield's oldest commercial district and is centered on the Old State Capitol. While the area was platted in 1822, only two buildings in the district predate the 1850s: the Old State Capitol and the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices, both built in 1837. 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. The businesses are also significant examples of 19th-century brick commercial architecture, including the Romanesque Pierick-Sommer Building and several works by prominent Springfield architects Helmle & Helmle.
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Worth seeing in and around Central Springfield Historic District
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Illinois State Capitol
The Illinois State Capitol, located in Springfield, Illinois, houses the legislative and executive branches of the government of the U.S. state of Illinois. Becoming the seat of the legislature in 1876, the current building is the sixth to serve as the capitol building since Illinois was admitted to the United States in 1818.
500 m · state capitol building of the U.S. state of Illinois · Wikipedia - 02Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the capital city of Illinois in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago.
2.1 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 03Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Lincoln Home National Historic Site preserves the Springfield, Illinois, home and related historic district where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1844 to 1861, prior to becoming the 16th president of the United States. The presidential memorial includes the four blocks surrounding the home and a visitor center.
500 m · national historic site in Illinois, USA · Wikipedia - 04Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum documents the life of the 16th U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln, and the course of the American Civil War. Combining traditional scholarship with 21st-century showmanship techniques, the museum ranks as one of the most visited presidential libraries.
400 m · Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, located in Springfield, Illinois · Wikipedia - 05Oak Ridge Cemetery
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 there, as are the graves of other prominent Illinois figures.
2.7 km · cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia - 06Old State Capitol State Historic Site
The Old State Capitol State Historic Site is a former capitol building for the U.S. state of Illinois. Located in Springfield, it is one of two preserved former Illinois capitol buildings.
100 m · museum and historic site in Springfield, Illinois, USA · Wikipedia - 07Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. The cathedral, for which the cornerstone was laid on August 14, 1927, was dedicated on October 14, 1928.
800 m · Catholic cathedral in Springfield, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia - 08Dana-Thomas House
The Dana–Thomas House is a Prairie style house at 301 East Lawrence Avenue in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, it was built for the philanthropist Susan Lawrence Dana around an existing 1860s house.
700 m · historic house in Illinois, United States · Wikipedia - 09Cathedral Church of St. Paul
The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul the Apostle is an Episcopal cathedral in Springfield, Illinois, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Springfield.
900 m · church in Illinois, United States · Wikipedia - 10Wyndham Springfield City Centre
The Wyndham Springfield City Centre is a shuttered hotel that closed in 2025. It is the tallest skyscraper in Springfield, Illinois and the tallest habitable building in Illinois outside of Chicago.
300 m · 30-story hotel tower in Springfield, Illinois, USA · Wikipedia
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Getting to Central Springfield Historic District
- Airports
- St. Louis Lambert (STL), 132 km · Chicago Midway (MDW), 272 km · Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 283 km
- St Louis → Central Springfield Historic District139 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · $12–17
- Chicago → Central Springfield Historic District283 km · quickest by road, 4h 46m · $26–35
- Indianapolis → Central Springfield Historic District298 km · quickest by road, 4h 55m · $27–37
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