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Built in 1897-1898, this Richardsonian Romanesque Revival-style building was designed by Francis T. Baron to serve as a Union Station for Springfield, Illinois. The station was a joint effort between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O Railroad), Chicago, Peoria, and St. Louis Railroad (CP&StL), and Illinois Central Railroad, and later served the short-lived St. Louis, Peoria and North Western Railway. The station’s original 110 foot (34 meter) tall three-story tower was removed in 1946, ten years after the clock faces had been deactivated as a cost-saving measure during the Great Depression. It served as a passenger train station until 1971, when service was discontinued, in favor of Amtrak utilizing the through-running station along the Chicago and Alton Railroad lines, later known as the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad (GMO), just a few blocks to the west of the station. The building features a multi-colored brick exterior with dark red and light red bricks present alongside buff brick, stone trim, arched bays, a hipped roof, hipped dormers, a large canopy on the Madison Street facade with brick piers and large brackets, which was the former passenger platform alongside the railroad tracks, and a reconstructed tower with four turrets, a pyramidal hipped roof, and four clock faces. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. After passenger train service was discontinued, the building served as offices for the State of Illinois until 2004. Between 2004 and 2007, the building was restored to its original exterior appearance, with the reconstruction of the clock tower and restoration of historic exterior elements. Today, the building serves as the visitor center for the nearby Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.
The Springfield Bridge is the oldest vehicular bridge in the state of Arkansas. It was built way back in 1874, actually a bit before the first car was introduced. Construction on the bridge was completed on July 21, 1874. The cost was a total sum of $12,857. The bridge was replaced by a modern span in 1991, which lies about 400 feet upstream from the old bridge.
The bridge sits along the border between Faulkner and Conway Counties. When you visit it now, it seems like it sits in the middle of nowhere. The area around the bridge is surrounded by farmland and fields. There are a few homes out there, but also several abandoned homes and barns. The bridge sits in a lonely stretch of woods, and it does feel a bit forlorn to visit there. Trash and litter sit along the main road near the old bridge, which isn't a fitting welcome to what is a historic spot in the state.
On this visit, I met Zack in Conway and we made the short drive up to the bridge. It is pretty easy to get there, we traveled north out of Conway, through the amusingly named towns of Wooster and Bono. We parked along the main road, near the new bridge, and got out of Zack's jeep. We were immediately welcomed by several loud bangs, apparently someone was shooting guns nearby.
It turns out the shooters were standing on the old bridge. In hindsight, it probably wasn't the wisest move for the two of us to walk up to the bridge while people were shooting guns from there. To be on the safe side, I let Zack walk in front so he could take any wayward bullets that might fly in our direction...
The two guys had holstered their guns when we approached. They were older, and they said that they lived nearby. We had a polite conversation with them about the history of the bridge. Eventually, we decided to leave and come back later. As we left, there were more loud bangs as they decided to start shooting again.
We ended up exploring more of the area, following the road to the town of Springfield. We spent some time looking around an old abandoned home, and eventually returned back to the bridge. It was empty, thankfully. We set out to do some shooting of our own, which involved an Olympus and a Canon. This was much more quieter than the hand canons that the two previous users were using...
An open-air streetcar slows to a stop at the Springfield Avenue station during Showcase night operations, running one of its final trips for the night.
2016 Most Endangered Historic Places; YWCA Building (Springfield, Sangamon County); Landmarks Illinois
The view is looking northwestward in downtown Springfield, Illinois, at the intersection of East Adams and South Fifth Streets. At one time this was a busy commercial district, but today not so much although some shops and restaurants remain in business to cater to the tourist traffic and downtown business workers.
Closed November 2017
Springfield, MA. October 2016.
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Built in 1974, this Modern International-style building was designed by Architectural and Mechanical Systems Corporation to serve as a modern hotel for downtown Springfield, originally being known as the Forum 30 Plaza Hotel, later being known as the Hilton Towers Hotel in the 1980s, the Springfield Hilton Hotel starting in the 1990s, and in 2015, the Wyndham Springfield City Centre. It is the tallest building in Springfield, standing 352 feet (107 meters) and 30 floors tall, but sits on much lower ground than the Illinois State Capitol, allowing the dome of the Capitol to remain dominant on the city’s skyline. The building has a dodecagon-shaped tower with travertine at the corners and crown, flanking the glass curtain walls, a crown that tapers outwards towards the 30th floor and inwards towards the roof, and a two-story C-shaped podium surrounding a central automobile entrance court. The building today remains in use as a hotel, and is a dominant feature of the skyline of Springfield.
nrhp # 71000076- Lincoln Home National Historic Site preserves the Springfield, Illinois home and related historic district where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1844 to 1861, before becoming the 16th president of the United States. The presidential memorial includes the four blocks surrounding the home and a visitor center.
In 1837, Lincoln moved to Springfield from New Salem at the start of his law career. He met his wife, Mary Todd, at her sister's home in Springfield and married there in 1842.
The historic-site house at 413 South Eighth Street at the corner of Jackson Street, bought by Lincoln and his wife in 1844, was the only home that Lincoln ever owned. Three of their children were born there and one, Eddie, died there. The house contains twelve rooms spread over two floors. During the time he lived here, Lincoln was elected to the House of Representatives in 1846, and elected President in 1860.
The Lincoln Home has been completely restored to its 1860 appearance.
Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln donated the family home to the State of Illinois in 1887 under the condition that it would forever be well maintained and open to the public at no charge. This came as a result of tenants who would charge those who wanted to visit Lincoln's home and that many tenants tended to leave the home in disrepair. The home and Lincoln Tomb, also in Springfield, were designated National Historic Landmarks on December 19, 1960, and automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. The home and adjacent district became a National Historic Site on August 18, 1971 [1] and is owned and administered by the National Park Service. It is one of two National Park Service properties in Illinois.
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I bought these in a small market back in 2001. These remind me of the Funny Face mix cans. The store also had newer plastic containers without the fun graphics.
Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito join Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno and other state and local officials to celebrate the redevelopment of Springfield’s Civic Center Garage on Aug. 20, 2022. [Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office]
Lake Springfield, Springfield Missouri
This was taken not to long ago on an earning morning walk around Lake Springfield. I was searching for early signs of Spring and I did find a few, but oh what a difference a few weeks can make and as the song say " Spring is busting out all over." at least here in the Ozarks.
This looks better when viewed large on black
Catalog #: 15_001998
Title: Springfield-Hall Bulldog
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: No 6, PW R-985, 6th Thompson, Robert Hall
Collection: Charles M. Daniels Collection Photo
Album Name: 32, 37, 38, 39 Races
Page #: 25
Tags: National Air Races, Robert Hall, Springfield-Hall,
PUBLIC COMMONS.SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Broomhall : Springfield School
Springfield Primary School, Broomspring Lane, Broomhall, Sheffield, 1875.
By Innocent & Brown.
Enlarged 1892 & 1897 by CJ Innocent.
Built as Springfield Board School for the Sheffield School Board.
Grade ll listed.
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Springfield Junior and Infant Schools, Cavendish Street, Sheffield
Grade II Listed
List Entry Number: 1247048
Listing NGR: SK3462586938
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When I got closer, I could see that it was actually not a real plane; it's a full scale model with painted on flap lines. The plane in the background was the last one built by the Granvilles, a prototype for the Army that never made it.
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Existing ruins in the former town of Springfield, CA. Springfield received its name from the abundant springs gushing from limestone boulders. Town, with its stores, shops, and a hotel built around a plaza. It once boasted 2,000 inhabitants. Believed to have been founded by Donna Josefa Valmesada, a Mexican woman of means with a reputation for aiding Americans in the war with Mexico. During its heyday, many miners' carts could be seen on the road, hauling gold-bearing dirt to Springfield springs for washing.
Joint build by Joshua Stewart and myself.
My contributions:
Town Hall
Duff Brewery
Blocko LEGO Store
Krusty Burger
Toxic Pond
Tire Yard
Moe's Tavern
King Toots Music Store
Android's Dungeon and Baseball Card Shop
The Homer
School Bus
Mr Plow
Generic Brown Car