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I found this when I strayed off the proscribed pathways onto a rough pathway that led to the room that the swimming pool staff go to on their breaks. A whole new development, rising out of the earth...
Sixteenth United States President Abraham Lincoln's tomb at Oak Ridge cemetery. Assassinated 15th April 1865
Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito visit Caring Health Center in Springfield with Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, Rep. Carlos González and other local officials to celebrate Vaccinator Appreciation Day on June 16, 2021. Stay informed about COVID-19 by visiting mass.gov/covid19, calling 2-1-1 or texting COVIDMA (COVIDMAESP for Spanish) to 888-777 for updates. [Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office]
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois
Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 116,250 at the 2010 U.S. Census, which makes it the state's sixth most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the largest in central Illinois. As of 2019, the city's population was estimated to have decreased to 114,230, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and the adjacent Menard County.
Present-day Springfield was settled by European Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, when he went to the White House as President. Major tourist attractions include multiple sites connected with Lincoln including his presidential library and museum, his home, and his tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
The city lies in a valley and plain near the Sangamon River. Lake Springfield, a large artificial lake owned by the City Water, Light & Power company (CWLP), supplies the city with recreation and drinking water. Weather is fairly typical for middle latitude locations, with four distinct seasons, including, hot summers and cold winters. Spring and summer weather is like that of most midwestern cities; severe thunderstorms may occur. Tornadoes hit the Springfield area in 1957 and 2006.
The city has a mayor–council form of government and governs the Capital Township. The government of the state of Illinois is based in Springfield. State government institutions include the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor of Illinois. There are three public and three private high schools in Springfield. Public schools in Springfield are operated by District No. 186. Springfield's economy is dominated by government jobs, plus the related lobbyists and firms that deal with the state and county governments and justice system, and health care and medicine.
nrhp # 78001187- Central Springfield Historic District- The Central Springfield Historic District is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) historic district in downtown Springfield. The district encompasses Springfield's oldest commercial district and is centered on the Old State Capitol. While the area was platted in 1822, only two buildings in the district predate the 1850s: the Old State Capitol and the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices, both built in 1837. The majority of the district's buildings were constructed during Springfield's population boom in the 1860s and its subsequent growth in the latter half of the 19th century. These buildings included hotels, drug stores, groceries, clothing stores, and dry goods stores; some of the stores built in this period are still in operation. The businesses are also significant examples of 19th-century brick commercial architecture, including the Romanesque Pierick-Sommer Building and several works by prominent Springfield architects Helmle & Helmle.[1]
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1978.[2] A boundary extension in 1986 added seven more buildings to the district.
from Wikipedia
Built in 1905 and heavily renovated to its present Art Deco-style appearance after a fire caused by a thunderstorm in 1948, this building was the longtime home of the John Bressmer Department Store, which remained in operation until 1980. The building features a buff brick exterior with large brick piers flanking pairs of window bays, decorative terra cotta trim panels on the spandrels between windows on the upper floors, and an infilled ground level opening with a decorative cast iron surround. The building is a contributing structure in the Central Springfield Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and expanded to its present size in 2016.
Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito join the family and friends of the beloved late businessman Andy Yee, as well as state, local and hospital officials, to celebrate the announcement of a fundraiser for the creation of the Andy Yee Palliative Care Unit at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield on June 15, 2022. [Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office]