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Text of Marker #12
Battle of Springfield
Across from this site stood Fort No. 5, the second larges of five forts built around Springfield. By January 8, 1863, the fort was only partially finished. It served only as a rallying point during the battle. From this point and along St. Louis Street, Union soldiers from the 3rd and 14th Missouri State Militia Cavalry engaged in several skirmishes with Maj. Ben Elliott's battalion of scouts. In one brief encounter, two companies of the 14th MSM, commanded by Lt. Col. Pound and Capt. Milton Burch, clashed with Lt. William H. Gregg and Quantrill's Confederate company, resulting in a number of casualties to the Union forces. From this position on the morning of January 9, the weary Union defenders watched as the Confederates disengaged their battle lines and withdrew east along St. Louis St., the road to St. Louis. The battle was over. Both sides suffered casualties in excess of 12%.
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Springfield - Six Corners neighborhood tornado damage - photos from UMass Historic Preservation Program field assessment teams
Built in the 19th Century and early 20th Century, these buildings demonstrate the general historic architectural character of Downtown Springfield, with stone and brick exteriors, decorative ornament, and first floor retail shopfronts. The buildings are contributing structures in the Central Springfield Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and expanded to its present size in 2016.
Built in 1973, this Modern New Formalist building features a concrete panel-clad exterior, projected bays with windows on the narrow sides that are perpendicular to the street, increasing privacy while still allowing for natural light inside the building, a semi-circular portico at the semi-circular entrance, which features a glass curtain wall at the rear, and a lobby with a decorative abstract geometric mural on the wall above the entrance. The building is a noncontributing 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.
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Kansas City Blues Rugby team and the Queen City Chaos vs the Omaha Goats women's rugby teams.
Built in 1917, this Beaux Arts-style building was designed by Helmle and Helmle to house Broadwell’s Drug Store. The building features a white terra cotta exterior with one-over-one windows, a decorative terra cotta cornice, recessed spandrel panels, large bays on the first floor with plate glass windows and transoms, a clock with a decorative trim surround at the central bay of the first floor of the Washington Street facade, and a red granite base. 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.
SPRINGFIELD, VA - October 25: T.C. William's Rober Longerbeam dances to the sidlines before getting taken out by West Potomac's Richard Kobiah during the first half of Friday nights game between T.C. Williams and West Potomac at the St. James in Springfield. (Photo by Doug Kapustin/For The Washington Post)