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Lora Hieronymus Robie (educator and book lover)

Posted on July 12, 2014 by editor

Lora Hieronymus Robie, one-half of the couple who had Frank Lloyd Wright design Chicago’s famed Robie House, spent far more time as a Springfield resident than she did in the house named after her and her husband. Lora Robie (1878-1947) … Continue reading →

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Timeline

Posted on December 21, 2013 by editor

*186,000 to 128,000 years ago: Illinois Glacier covers most of Illinois; leaves spruce and pine forest when it recedes. *24,000-17,000 years ago: Wisconsin Glacier covers Illinois down to about present-day Shelbyville; floodwaters caused by glacier cut Sangamon River valley; alluvial … Continue reading →

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John Bressmer Co.

Posted on October 31, 2013 by editor

The John W. Bressmer Co. was founded as a dry goods store in 1861 and later expanded into a full-fledged department store, selling men’s and women’s clothing, furniture and household items. With Myers Brothers, it was one of downtown Springfield’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Business, Department stores, Disasters, Historic Sites, National Register, Prominent figures | 15 Comments

Gottschalk Grocery

Posted on October 27, 2013 by editor

“The name Gottschalk has been synonymous in Springfield with quality foods,” the Illinois State Register proclaimed in 1924, when Gottschalk’s grocery celebrated 35 years in business at College Avenue and Edwards Street. At the time, in addition to basic staples, … Continue reading →

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Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame members, Sangamon County

Posted on September 19, 2022 by editor

The Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame includes plaques for a dozen – or so, depending on how you count them – inductees from Williamsville to Divernon in Sangamon County. U.S. Route 66, “the Mother Road,” probably the most famous … Continue reading →

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Johnston-Hatcher fires, 1907 & 1913

Posted on March 4, 2017 by editor

The Johnston-Hatcher Co. sold home furnishings of all kinds from 1899 to 1949 in downtown Springfield. The store, however, fell victim to two of the city’s most devastating early 20th-century fires. Johnston-Hatcher was the creation of two sets of brothers … Continue reading →

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Index P-Z

Posted on June 19, 2015 by editor

P-51D Aircraft (National Register) Palace Hotel Palace Theatre ‘A Palatial Barroom’, 1898 Palmer Hotel  Dr. George T. Palmer (public health expert) Palmer Tuberculosis Sanitarium  Park Sherman Company The Pasfield House (Springfield historic site) Pasfield Family (1830s to 1930) Pasfield Park … Continue reading →

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Serial murderers

Posted on May 20, 2015 by editor

Central Illinois played brief, but important roles in the lives of two serial murderers in the last half of the 20th century: *John Wayne Gacy, executed in 1994 for murdering dozens of teenage boys and young men, was a shoe … Continue reading →

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Auto dealers in Springfield (Abbott-Detroit through Crow)

Posted on July 1, 2014 by editor

Note: This is the first of a five-part list of automobile brands sold in Springfield through mid-2014 and the dealers who sold them. The list is broken up because of the length of the full list. The original list was … Continue reading →

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First Citizens (through 2023)

Posted on October 7, 2013 by editor

The First Citizen program was created in 1963 as the Copley First Citizen program by Springfield’s Copley-owned newspapers, the Illinois State Journal and Illinois State Register. The name was changed after Copley sold the merged State Journal-Register in 2007. The … Continue reading →

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