The following information and photos are from Springfield Home & Family: A Pictorial Quarterly (St. Louis: G. Bradley Publishing, 1997), edited by Curtis Mann, Edward Russo, and Melinda Garvert, curators of the Sangamon Valley Collection in the Lincoln Public Library. Many thanks to the authors and publishers for permission to reprint a few of these superb photos.
The book is part of a 4-volume series, on Springfield business, entertainment, home life, and public services. For ordering information, call the G. Bradley Publishing Company at 1-800-966-5120.
My listing covers just some of the many 1940-1960 -era photos in this excellent pictorial history. There's no better source for remembering how "our Springfield" looked and felt. Sad to say, most of these places no longer exist.
Neighborhoods
- Building of Oak Knolls & Leland Grove, 11
- Building of Laketown (1948), 13
- Flooding at Cherry Road & Outer Park Drive (1950s), 13
- Harvard Park subdivision on 9th Street (1950s), 23
- Teens walking railway tracks, 14th & Madison (1956), 24-25
- Leland Grove & Jerome scenes (1920-63), 34-35
Family Life
House Adorned
- A glorified bungalow cottage at 624 South Pasfield, 97
- Large family house & driveway at 1500 South Lowell, 99
- Front stoops on pre-fab cottages in Laketown (1955), 103
Architecture
- This chapter presents Springfield's many architectural styles:
- 1820-1840: Federal, 118-19; Southern raised-cottage, 120-21
- 1830-1860: Greek and Gothic Revival, 122-23
- 1850-1890: Italianate, 124-27
- 1860-1890: Mansard (2nd Empire)
- 1880-1910: Queen Anne, 128-32
- 1880-1910: Shingle Style, 133-37
- 1890-1910: Romanesque Revival, 133-37
- 1895-1930: Classical Revial, 138-39
- 1230 South Grand West (Myerstein home), 139
- 1900-1920: Prairie Style, 140
- 1905-1920: Craftsman Bungalow, 141
- 1900-1920: American Foursquare, 142
- 1895-1950: Colonial Revival, 143-46
- 1890-1930: English Tudor Revival, 146-48
- 1930-1960: Art Deco and Art Modern, 149
- 1820-1980: Folk Style, 150-51
- 1880-1980: Apartments, 154-57