Logan County Courthouse Throw PillowThis throw pillow bears a unique view of the Logan County Courthouse as seen from the top of City Hall as if you were standing next to the famous phone booth. |
From Surveyor to PresidentDVD or VHS tape Logan County is rich in heritage and tradition. Join us for a tour through history as we explore the topic of Abraham Lincoln in Logan county. Relax and enjoy, while learning from local experts and historians. This film presentation is sure to entertain as well as educate. Local experts and historians featured include: Charles Ott, Lincoln Interpreter; Gillette Ransom, Great-Great Granddaughter of John Gillett; Paul Gleason, Assistant Director of the Lincoln College Museum; Paul Beaver, Emeritus Professor of History Lincoln College; Susan Hoblit, Great Granddaughter of John A. Hoblit; Ron Keller, Lincoln College Museum Curator. |
Official 2006 City Christmas OrnamentEarl C. Hargrove Chapel, Lincoln Christian College & Seminary The Chapel was built by Goodman Church builders with Ivan L McElwee of Joplin Missouri serving as architect. The Earl C. Hargrove Chapel is Lincoln Christian College and Seminary's signature building conveying commitment to Christian education, the life and leadership of Christ's Church, and also provides resources and services to our community. This picturesque building serves as a welcoming representative to those who enter Lincoln, Illinois from the East. It signifies an historic element along with a new level of growth and maturity. |
Official 2005 City Christmas OrnamentLogan County Courthouse The present Logan County Courthouse was completed in 1905. The neo-classical structure is made of Cleveland sandstone and measures 125 feet from the ground surface to the top. At a diameter of 52 feet and a height of 60 feet, the Courthouse is topped by one of the largest domes in the state. The dome houses a Seth Thomas clock with four glass faces, each nine feet in diameter, and a bell on the roof which used to ring on the hour. Each entrance is surmounted by four 25 foot columns supporting stone pediments with a representation of the seal of the State of illinois. Carved stone tablets flank each entrance, memorializing events in Logan County's history. The Logan County Courthouse is one of the city's most visible symbols and is the heart of the National Historic Register District. |
Official 2004 City Christmas OrnamentUniversity Hall, Lincoln College The date was February 6,1865 and President Abraham Lincoln's work schedule was rather light that day. The Civil War was winding down and General Grant was entrenched outside the city of Petersburg waiting for the impassible roads to dry before launching his final spring offensive. West of the nation's capital was the President's home state of Illinois whose people had launched him into the presidency. In the little town of Lincoln, the only town named for him before he had ever attained any claim to fame, a new college was granted a charter establishing it as Lincoln University by the State of Illinois on that day. Lincoln University had the distinct honor of being the only educational institution in the world named after President Lincoln during his presidency. Lincoln University formally opened its doors for classes to students on the first Monday in November, 1866. By then University Hall was partially finished and classes were held on the first two floors. The accommodations were meager but were overcome by the prospects of a building of splendor on the Illinois prairie in the presence of enthusiasm by the Lincoln University staff and students. |
Official 2003 City Christmas OrnamentThe Christening of Lincoln, Illinois In the late summer of 1853, three men, Virgil Hickox of Springfield, Robert B. Latham of Mt. Pulaski and John D. Gillett of near Cornland, plotted a new town on the rail line and then named it for their friend, Springfield attorney, Abraham Lincoln. This was done in August 1853 and was the first city in the United States to be named for Abraham Lincoln. On August 27,1853 a very successful sale of lots took place near the intersection of Sangamon and Broadway Streets in Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was present and was asked to christen "his town". Lincoln then walked over to a wagonload of watermelons, selected one, cut it open and squeezed some of the juice into a tin cup. He then poured the juice onto the ground saying, "The proprietors have asked me to christen the town. I have selected the juice of a melon for that purpose. Therefore in your presence and hearing I now christen the town site. Its name is 'Lincoln' and soon to be named the permanent capital (county seat) of Logan County." |
Official 2002 City Christmas OrnamentAbraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital On April 9, 1899, members of St. John Evangelical Church of Lincoln discussed the establishment of an organization who would build a Protestant Hospital in Lincoln. Members met their first deaconess, Adelheid, the wife of the Reverend Hermann Schmidt, who had been trained as a deaconess in Germany. By their ordination vows, the deaconesses were devoted to caring for the poor, the ill, and the aged. In 1947 a survey conducted by the Illinois State Department of Public Health concluded the Deaconess Hospital was in desperate need of additional facilities and recommended that a new hospital be built. Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital was built to meet that need and was dedicated on April 2, 1954. Today, the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, without specific church sponsorship, operates on a basis of kinship with all faiths. |
Official 2001 City Christmas OrnamentLincoln Public Library Carnegie Building In 1901, the City of Lincoln received a $525,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie for a new library. Combined with the donation by will of a home and two lots by Isabel Nash and gifts by Stephen Foley, the City and Lincoln Library began the construction process. The free standing, semi-circular desk sits under a mural noting the contributions of Andrew Carnegie. The ceiling is also broken into three areas with circular woodwork patterns. The central pattern holds a stained-glass dome illuminated from above. The Lincoln Public Library building was dedicated on April 29, 1903. The Library has been listed on the National Register for Historic Places since 1980. Lincoln Public Library's history typifies the combination of national wealth, grass roots initiative, and cultural ideals which generated the free library movement and its goal of a free and educated American society. |
Official 2000 City Christmas OrnamentLincoln City Hall The Lincoln City Hall was built in 1895 and dedicated on March 2, 1896. The red brick for the building came from the Lincoln Coal Company and the Berea, Ohio Sandstone which trims the building was furnished by F. S. Selley of Lincoln. The telephone booth on the roof was added later and was used by weather spotters to phone in sighted storms. Lincoln City hall anchors the downtown National Historic Registered District and is one of the city's most visible symbols. We hope this limited edition ornamnet will be a reminder of a place that will always be special to your heart. |