{"nrhp_refnum":"86003184","name":"Central Springfield Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Central Springfield Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Sixth St. from Capitol to Monroe St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Sangamon County","state":"IL","lat":39.79902121600006,"lon":-89.6480962722669,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-11-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary extension to the Central Springfield Historic District in downtown Springfield, Illinois, covering seven masonry commercial buildings in the 300 block of South Sixth Street between Capitol and Monroe, built between about 1885 and 1929.","why_significant":"The block is described as the last area of the downtown business zone's southeastern expansion and complements the architecture of the existing district. The Leland Hotel (1911, Holabird & Roche) is the most important building, tied to Springfield's role as state capital and to politics. The State Journal Building and Ferguson Building are locally important designs by Helmle & Helmle and Samuel J. Hanes.","narrative":"Seven masonry commercial buildings along the 300 block of South Sixth Street in downtown Springfield, Illinois, were added to the Central Springfield Historic District as a boundary extension. They range from two to nine stories and date from about 1885 to 1929. The anchor is the Leland Hotel of 1911, an eight-story, U-shaped brick building designed by Chicago firm Holabird & Roche. It served as a lodging and political hub, including as Adlai Stevenson's 1952 presidential campaign headquarters. Across the street, the 1929 Illinois State Journal Building, by Helmle & Helmle, has an Art Deco facade and a decorated plaster lobby. The 1906 Ferguson Building, designed by Samuel J. Hanes, was an early Springfield skyscraper; its original design remains under modern metal sheathing, so it is counted as non-contributing. The remaining buildings are modest two-story commercial structures. Together they mark the last southeastern growth of the downtown business zone before commercial development shifted to the city's edges.","period_of_significance":"1822-1936","architect_builder":"Holabird & Roche (Leland Hotel); Helmle & Helmle (Illinois State Journal Building); Samuel J. Hanes (Ferguson Building)","architectural_style":"Classical commercial (Leland Hotel, 321 S. Sixth); Art Deco (State Journal Building); early skyscraper with Sullivan-like design (Ferguson Building)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Six buildings are contributing and one, the Ferguson Building, is non-contributing because metal sheathing covers its upper facades. The Leland Hotel has been altered, with its interior remodelled in the 1970s, and it housed offices and a university campus.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.210546-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/8940/28894044/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/86003184.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003184/0cacb6bed2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003184/0cacb6bed2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jaknelaps","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Springfield_Historic_district.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaknelaps</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Springfield_Historic_district.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"78001187","name":"Central Springfield Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/central-springfield-historic-district-78001187/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894044","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Springfield_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460919"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/sangamon-county/central-springfield-historic-district-boundary-increase-86003184/"}