Historic Sites
Springfield has a rich and colorful past told through an exceptional collection of well-preserved state and national historic sites. Ranging from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum to a Ulysses S. Grant Civil War commemorative that honors Grant and his 21st Illinois regiment’s march through Springfield to join the fight for the Union to a walking tour of the 1908 Race Riot that prompted the organization of the NAACP, Springfield’s historic sites chronicle the development of a state, its people, and the nation around it.

As you walk through the Lincoln Home Area, you feel as though you’ve stepped back in time and are experiencing Springfield as it was to Abraham Lincoln in the mid-1800s. Visit Lincoln’s family home, the building where he once worked and practiced law, rustic New Salem pioneer village, and now a recently constructed and state-of-the-art Presidential Library and Museum dedicated to the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. The growth of Springfield over nearly 200 years and its impact on the nation and the world can be traced at these historic locations.