Site plan for the proposed Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, in relationship to the Old State Capital State Historic Site, Springfield, Illinois.
West side of the Capitol Square, Springfield, Illinois at mid century. The existing study utilized a series of archival photographs, historical plats/atlases, and written histories to create a model of potential archaeological sites that might be within the multi-block project area.
A view of the project area as illustrated on the 1873 bird'seye view of Springfield (Koch 1873). Such historic maps served as the basis of the model for potential historic archaeological sites within the project area.
