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A two-story italianate mansion with shutter-clad windows across the front, many chimneys, a cupola atop the home, and a large front porch reaching across most of the front of the home. Sitting Room Family sitting room of Edwards Place, with a small table in the center with chairs, a rocking chair and another chair in two corners.
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Edwards Place, built in 1833 and remodeled in 1857, is an...
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Edwards Place Historic Home. HISTORY. VISIT. Virtual Tour;...
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Built in 1833, remodeled in 1857, and home to the...
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Edwards Place is located at 700 North 4th St., two blocks...
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Information about renting historic Edwards Place for private...
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The Edwards family occupied the home until Helen Edwards'...
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Edwards Place Historic Home. HISTORY. VISIT. Virtual Tour;...
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June 10-14.2024: 1:30-4:30PM, Edwards Place. You will have...
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Tour the Historic House. Great for grades 4—8! Your tour...
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Edwards Place, built in 1833 and remodeled in 1857, is an historic house museum that tells the story of social and domestic life in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois. Newly restored (2015) to its antebellum glory, this Italianate mansion was one a center for social activity in Springfield. Prominent citizens and politicians such as ...
Edwards Place is located at 700 North 4th St., two blocks north of Carpenter Street. Free parking is available on our adjacent lot and on 4th Street. 700 North 4th St, Springfield IL 62702
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Edwards Place, a famous historic mansion in Springfield, Illinois. The house was built in 1833 in the Greek Revival style, and several revisions created the Italianate house preserved today. Lawyer...
- United States--Illinois --Sangamon County --Springfield- America- Edwards house- Ninian Edwards- Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.- Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2019; (DLC/PP-2019:069).- Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
The Edwards family occupied the home until Helen Edwards' death in 1909 at age 89. Then, in 1913, Alice Edwards Ferguson, the Edwards' middle daughter, donated Edwards Place to the Springfield Art Association, so the SAA has owned the home for more than 100 years! Restoring Edwards Place has been a long process, beginning in the mid-20th century.
Edwards Place. / 39.80944°N 89.65028°W / 39.80944; -89.65028. Edwards Place is a historic house located at 700 North 4th Street in Springfield, Illinois. The house was begun in 1833 in the Greek Revival style, making it one of the oldest houses in Springfield. (The Elijah Iles House, also in Springfield, was built in 1832.)
Mar 29, 2016 · Built in 1833, Edwards Place is the oldest surviving house in Springfield. It is furnished and interpreted to the 1850s, when the house was occupied by Benjamin and Helen Edwards and their three young daughters. The Edwardses were a prominent family in antebellum Illinois. Benjamin’s father, Ninian, was territorial governor, senator and ...
