National Register of Historic Places - Illinois (IL), Sangamon County

Sangamon County Illinois (Historic Districts) has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Central Springfield Historic District and Illinois State Fairgrounds, Central Springfield Historic District (Boundary Increase) and Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Several famous people are associated with these Sangamon County historic places including Abraham Lincoln, Elijah Enos and Olive Wheeland.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Sangamon County places including Charles Herrick Hammond, Ossian Cole Simonds, Holabird & Roche and William Saunders. Prominent architectural styles found in Sangamon Country are Classical Revival, Art Deco and Bungalow/Craftsman.

Central Springfield Historic District (added 1978 - - #78001187)

Also known as See Also:Central Springfield Historic District (Boundary Inc

Roughly bounded by 14th, 7th, Jefferson, and Washington Sts. , Springfield

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Enos,Elijah,et al.

Significant Year:

1837, 1822

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Capitol, Professional, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Central Springfield Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1986 - - #86003184)

Also known as See Also:Central Springfield Historic District

Sixth St. from Capitol to Monroe St. , Springfield

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Holabird & Roche

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

Central Springfield Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1980 - - #80004677)

Also known as See also:Central Springfield Historic District

Roughly bounded by Jefferson, Monroe, Fourth, and Seventh Sts. , Springfield

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Owner:

Private

Illinois State Fairgrounds (added 1990 - - #90000720)

Jct. of Sangamon Ave. and Peoria Rd. , Springfield

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Fair

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Fair

Lincoln Home National Historic Site (added 1971 - - #71000076)

8th and Jackson Sts. , Springfield

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Lincoln,Abraham

Significant Year:

1844

Area of Significance:

Law, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

Oak Ridge Cemetery (added 1995 - - #95000986)

Also known as See Also:Lincoln Tomb

1441 Monument Ave. , Springfield

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Saunders, William

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Art

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

Washington Park (added 1992 - - #92000483)

Bounded by Fayette Ave., Williams Blvd., Walnut St., MacArthur Blvd., S. Grand Ave. and Chatham Rd. , Springfield

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Simonds,Ossian Cole

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Auditorium, Park

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Auditorium, Park

Wheeland Haven (added 2003 - - #85000557)

E of Riverton on I-72 , Riverton

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Wheeland,Olive

Significant Year:

1930, 1945, 1910

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Forest, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling