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With Illinois fully reopening Friday, the Lincoln Home National Historic Site made the move to reopen its public facilities 16 months after closing them because of COVID-19.
“Lincoln Home is one of the most visited historic sites in Springfield and visitors have been anxiously awaiting its return. We know that the opening will provide a significant increase in ...
The partial government shutdown has shuttered the Lincoln Home National Historic Site. An estimated 8,300 federal workers in Illinois also are impacted. BRENDEN MOORE The State Journal-Register ...
Superintendent Timothy Good with the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, pictured, is scheduled to speak at the Coles County Historical Society's annual Founder’s Day dinner on July 18.
— -- Maria Hammon, a frequent visitor to the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, and Dale Phillips, its superintendent, share the same favorite spot inside the house. Both love the wooden ...
In addition to the Maplewood Home, the park contains a number of other historic structures that have been moved to the site, including an 1820 log cabin, a country general store, a horse barn and ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Visitors to the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield spent more than $13.8 million at local businesses in 2015. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register… ...
Iles was the city's first merchant, opening his store 200 years ago this June. Both the Iles House and the proposed cottage are currently out of the reach of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site.
Lincoln Home Superintendent Dale Phillips said the park usually hosts about a half-dozen weddings a year, including in front of the home and on the back porch. The Foster-Novak wedding, said ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - "Be sure to use the handrail," national park guide Ronnie van Nostrand said as he led a small tour group upstairs in the only home Abraham Lincoln ever owned. "It's the same ...