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Home for the Friendless

Posted on October 30, 2013 by editor

The Home for the Friendless assisted indigent women and children of Springfield from 1863 to 1928, when it was merged into the Children’s Service League. The gradual addition of other social service agencies ultimately led to formation of the Family … Continue reading →

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Colored Children’s Service Bureau

Posted on October 30, 2013 by editor

The Colored Children’s Service Bureau was formed to care for destitute black children in 1933, following the failure of Eva Carroll Monroe’s Lincoln Colored Home. Also see Home for the Friendless in this index and the Family Service Center’s online history.

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Commercial Association

Posted on October 30, 2013 by editor

The Springfield Commercial Association was formed by the merger of the Springfield Business Men’s Association and the Springfield Chamber of Commerce in 1910. See Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce.

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Concordia Theological Seminary

Posted on October 29, 2013 by editor

Concordia Theological Seminary educated prospective Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod clergy from 1876 until 1975 1976 on a campus north and east of 12th and Carpenter streets in Springfield. (The Missouri Synod took over the facilities after Illinois State University, a Lutheran … Continue reading →

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Cook’s Hall

Posted on October 29, 2013 by editor

Cook’s Hall, at 122 S. Sixth St. on the east side of the downtown square, was Springfield’s main venue for meetings, speeches and entertainment from 1858 to 1863. It was also known as Illiopolitan Hall. Abraham Lincoln spoke there a … Continue reading →

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Jesse Cormack (1828 pioneers)

Posted on October 29, 2013 by editor

Jesse Cormack was an early resident of Springfield, operating a tinner shop on Jefferson Street west of First Street in 1828, according to John Todd Stuart. In 1838, Cormack also was one of 101 city residents who pledged a total … Continue reading →

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Courthouse and Marine Bank, 1860 (drawing)

Posted on October 29, 2013 by editor

The Sangamon County Courthouse (left) and the Marine Fire and Insurance Co., on the east side of what is now the Old Capitol Plaza, in an 1860 lithograph. (Source: Here I Have Lived, Paul Angle; reprinted in Aristocracy Hill survey … Continue reading →

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Cozy Dog Drive-In

Posted on October 29, 2013 by editor

The Cozy Dog, a battered, deep-fried hot dog on a stick, was created by Ed Waldmire Jr. (1916-93) while he was in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Texas.* After discharge, Waldmire brought the idea back to Springfield. Here is … Continue reading →

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Philip Crowder’s Revolutionary War pension application

Posted on October 29, 2013 by editor

Philip Crowder (1759-1844), who is buried in a family plot in on the west side of Old Chatham Road across from Illini Country Club in Leland Grove, was a veteran of the American Revolution. He applied for a military pension … Continue reading →

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Culver Marble and Stone Co.

Posted on October 29, 2013 by editor

The Culver Marble and Stone Co. and its offshoots, headed by Col. James S. Culver (1852-1911), were among the Springfield area’s most prominent builders from the early 1870s until 1912. As a contractor, the Culver firm was given credit for … Continue reading →

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