Northwest Corner, Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, Illinois
Explore #26 on April 22, 2022.
A view of the northwest corner of the Old State Capitol Plaza showing the 100 block of N. Fifth St. on the right, and the 400 block of E. Washington St. on the left. The buildings in this view lie within the Central Springfield Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The handsome, Beaux Arts style building on the corner is the Stuart Broadwell Building. Located catty-corner from the Old State Capitol Building in downtown Springfield, the structure was built in 1917 for Broadwell's Drug Store and remained a drug store until 1981. Since then the building has been home to a variety of retail establishments on the ground floor, and professional offices on the second and third floors.
Northwest Corner, Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, Illinois
Explore #26 on April 22, 2022.
A view of the northwest corner of the Old State Capitol Plaza showing the 100 block of N. Fifth St. on the right, and the 400 block of E. Washington St. on the left. The buildings in this view lie within the Central Springfield Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The handsome, Beaux Arts style building on the corner is the Stuart Broadwell Building. Located catty-corner from the Old State Capitol Building in downtown Springfield, the structure was built in 1917 for Broadwell's Drug Store and remained a drug store until 1981. Since then the building has been home to a variety of retail establishments on the ground floor, and professional offices on the second and third floors.