LIHO Wayside: Economic & Ethnic Diversity in Springfield

The Economic Ethnic Diversity wayside is located on a replica wagon on the south side of 8th St

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Location:

Lincoln Home National Historic Site, 8th Street (South)

Amenities

3 listed

Cellular Signal, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Wheelchair Accessible

Lincoln's neighborhood, and the city of Springfield itself, was a diverse place for the time period. Learn about the economic and ethnic diversity of Springfield with this outdoor wayside exhibit, located on the replica wagon on 8th Street by the Jameson Jenkins lot. This wayside also includes maps of the city of Springfield showing the ethnic and regional diversity of Springfield houses in 1860.

Audio description of wayside (including text and images) is available through this application with a screenreader.