VACATION AND TRAVEL
Anyway, before or after the house tour, stroll the neighborhood on 8th Street where you will see every house on the block restored to its mid-1800s appearance, plus the street is dirt and gravel because horses and buggies were used back then, plus wooden plank sidewalks.
Nearby is another attraction and that is the Lincoln Depot over at 930 E. Monroe Street, which is a Restored 1852 train depot, from which President-Elect Abraham Lincoln departed for Washington D.C. on February 11, 1861. Lincoln gave one of
Outside of Springfield at 15588 History Lane in the city of Petersburg is Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site. Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site preserves the site of New Salem Village, where young Abraham Lincoln lived there for six formative years, from 1831 to 1837. They are located 20 minutes from Springfield and are FREE to visit.
Lastly, there are more Lincoln attractions like the FREE Herndon-Lincoln Law Offices in Springfield, where he had an office and practiced law, the Lincoln Heritage Museum in the city of Lincoln at Lincoln College, which is 10 dollars, and FREE parking, The FREE Thomas Lincoln Farm, Abraham Lincoln’s father, over at
The Lincoln Depot
That’s me in the front yard of Abraham Lincoln’s Home
his most memorable speeches from the back of a train at this location. Self-guided exhibits inside. FREE admission. (By the way, walking in Springfield is the best way to see almost everything, since many attractions are so close to one another.)
This next attraction is the Old State Capitol State Historic Site at Sixth and Adams Street from 1840 to 1876. It was there at the Old State Capitol where Lincoln gave his famous “House Divided” speech and there where his body was brought to lie in state before being taken to his final resting place in Oak Ridge Cemetery. He also tried many cases there when he was a lawyer. This is a FREE admission, but donations are accepted.
This next attraction is the Lincoln Home. See where Lincoln lived while he was working as a lawyer and politician from 1844 to 1861 with his family at 413 South Eighth Street in Springfield. Park ranger-guided tours of this popular attraction are FREE and available daily between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. You need to go get your FREE tickets over one block away at the Lincoln Home Visitor Center. Watch multiple interpretive films for FREE inside the visitor center, plus a giftshop onsite. Parking there is 2 dollars an hour at the visitor center at 426 South Seventh St.