An artist’s rendering of how a revamped pedestrian-friendly Jackson Street might appear, from Fifth Street looking west, with the Executive Mansion grounds on the left. MASSIE MASSIE AND ASSOCIATES In the 1820s, when Springfield was still changing from a sleepy frontier settlement to a bustling metropolis, a small creek ran through what is now the […]
Lincoln Home
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Inside look
This downtown architectural walking tour begins in front of the Lincoln Herndon Law Office on south Old State Capitol Plaza at Sixth and Adams streets at 5:30 p.m. Join Anthony Rubano (pictured here on a previous tour), of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, who will discuss the architectural styles, materials and treatments on Adams St. […]
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Home sweet homes
See the brick Italianate governor’s mansion or the Italianate home of the Edwards family or the Greek Revival-style Elijah Iles home or the Georgian-Revival home where the prominent family the Pasfields lived. Six historic houses will be decked out for the holidays in their old-time digs, Dec. 15, between noon and 5 p.m. A half […]
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Past practices
Transport to the past in downtown Springfield during a weekend of free demonstrations and activities at the Old State Capitol showing medicine practiced during the Civil War. Highlights of the Civil War Medical Encampment include a Friday night campfire singalong at 7 p.m. on the south lawn, led by musicians Chris Vallillo and Steve Staley. […]
