Houses and mansions in Springfield
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Springfield register is houses than any other kind of building, 24 listings of it in all.
11 stops, 1.5 miles end to end. Of the stops, 3 are National Historic Landmarks.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Executive Mansion4th and Jackson Sts.Building · built 1855 · listed 1976start
- 2Vachel Lindsay HouseNHL603 S. 5th St.Building · listed 1971313 ft from stop 1
- 3Susan Lawrence Dana HouseNHL301 Lawrence Ave.Building · listed 19740.1 mi from stop 2
- 4Bressmer-Baker House913 6th St.Building · listed 19820.2 mi from stop 3
- 5Howard K. Weber House925 S. 7th St.Building · listed 1979463 ft from stop 4
- 6Price/Wheeler House618 S. 7th St.Building · listed 19850.3 mi from stop 5
- 7The Town House718 7th St.Building · listed 2005380 ft from stop 6
- 8Cong. James M. Graham House413 S. 7th St.Building · listed 19890.1 mi from stop 7
- 9Virgil Hickox House518 E. Capitol Ave.Building · listed 19820.1 mi from stop 8
- 10Lincoln Home National Historic SiteNHL8th and Jackson Sts.Historic district · listed 19710.2 mi from stop 9
- 11Lincoln Colored Home427 S. Twelfth St.Building · listed 19980.3 mi from stop 10
1.5 straight-line miles over 10 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 11 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Local history books for Springfield
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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Illinois
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.