Looking Northeast From 6th & Monroe St., Springfield, Illinois
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A view looking northeast from the intersection of 6th and Monroe Streets in historic downtown Springfield. To the left is the east side (S. 200 block) of 6th St. between Monroe and Adams, and on the right is the north side of Monroe (E. 600 block) between 6th and 7th St. With exception of the 30-story Wyndham Springfield City Center, all of the building in this view lie within the Central Springfield Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Buildings, and nearly all are contributing.
The Central Springfield Historic District embraces the commercial core of Springfield, Illinois. Centered on the Old State Capitol, which served as the Illinois state house from 1840 to 1876, this area includes an outstanding number of two and three story late 19th and early 20th century commercial structures, intact for most part on the upper facades. These buildings included hotels, drug stores, groceries, clothing stores, and dry good stores. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and was expanded in 1986 and 2015.
Springfield is the Capital city of the State of Illinois. Located in central Illinois, Springfield’s population was 114,394 at the 2020 census.
