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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWZ8_lincolns-last-law-office_Springfield-IL.html
Lincoln and Herndon rented law offices at several locations over the years. Their last was a rear room on the second floor in a building that stood here. Leslie's Weekly published this drawing of the office interior during the 1860 presidential ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYO_lincolns-hat_Springfield-IL.html
Lincoln reportedly has a "very defective taste" in hats. At various times he was known to have worn fur caps, straw or palm hats, and broad, low-brimmed wool or felt hats. He is best known for the "plug" or stovepipe hats he wore as a lawyer and a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYN_mary-lincolns-ring_Springfield-IL.html
"Love is Eternal" were the words engraved in the plain gold band that Abraham Lincoln slipped on Mary's finger at their wedding in Springfield on November 4, 1842. The inscription reflected the ideal of "romantic love" that swept America in the 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYL_the-history-of-union-station_Springfield-IL.html
Union Station opened in 1898 as the passenger terminal for the Illinois Central (IC) Railroad. Francis T. Bacon, an IC architect, designed the station, adorning the brick structure with decorative terra cotta and topping it with a 110-foot-tall cl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYK_acts-of-intolerance_Springfield-IL.html
Two charred chimneys rising from the smoldering rubble of burned-out buildings—-these stark images from an old photograph were the inspiration for this unique sculpture by acclaimed artist Preston Jackson. The sculpture commemorates the cent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYI_the-state-capitol_Springfield-IL.html
Completed in 1888Has been placedon theNationalRegister ofHistoric Placesby the United StatesDepartment of theInterior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWYH_spanish-american-war-memorial_Springfield-IL.html
West SideIllinois Volunteer Regiments7th Infantry · Colonel Marcus Kavanaugh8th Infantry · Colonel John R. Marshall9th Infantry · Colonel James R. Campbell1st Cavalry · Colonel Edward G. YoungBattery A Light Artillery &…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWVA_surveyor-presidents_Springfield-IL.html
Many people look at Mount Rushmore, carved in the Black Hills of South Dakota, as a monument to four Presidents, but land surveyors see it as "three surveyors and one other guy." Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln all were land surveyors. George W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWV8_streetscape-1859_Springfield-IL.html
North side of the public squareThis is the how the north side of the public square looked from this vantage point (circa 1859), looking east along Washington Street. The rickety wood structures of "Chicken Row" that had been familiar to Lincoln wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWV7_streetscape-1859_Springfield-IL.html
West side of the public squareThis is the how west side of the public square looked from this vantage point (circa 1859), looking north along Fifth Street. In September 1859 "daguerrean" (photographer) Preston Butler advertised his four photograph…
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