Three months after his election in November 1860, Abraham Lincoln left Springfield for Washington, D.C. to become the 16th President of the United States. The special train that would take him there left the Great Western Depot on the rainy morning of Monday, February 11, 1861, the last day Lincoln spent in Springfield. From the back of the train, Abraham Lincoln gave his farewell speech as he departed for Washington, D.C.
The Quaker-Brown residence, where the Abraham Lincoln family lived for seventeen years was the only home the Lincolns ever owned. Abraham Lincoln was born and raised in a one-room log cabin;
Springfield, IL Famous HomesThis powerful granite monument and it's eternal flame pay tribute to the 2,981 Illinois residents who served in the Vietnam War and died or are still missing.
Springfield, IL MemorialsThe only remaining structure where Abraham Lincoln maintained working law offices. Lincoln and his final law partner, William Herndon, operated from the top floor of the 1840 building. The interior looks as it did in Lincoln'
Springfield, IL Historic SitesA turn-of-the-century domed building has had interior restoration to preserve features of the building. It is now an up to da...
This is the preserved home of Reuben Moore and his wife, Matilda, who was a daughter of Sarah Bush Lincoln and stepsister of ...
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The Japan House and its gardens provide an important academic, cultural, and natural setting for promoting an understanding o...
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