Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices
CITY:
Springfield
COUNTY:
Sangamon
DEDICATED BY:
The Illinois State Historical Society and the Illinois Department of Transportation
DEDICATION DATE:
January 1, 1991 at 6:00:00 AM
The marker is mounted on the Lincoln – Herndon Law Offices building on the west side of Sixth Street between Monroe and Adams, facing east, in Springfield.
This portion of the Tinsley Building, a merchant block constructed in 1840-1841, is the only surviving structure in which Abraham Lincoln maintained a law office. Intended originally for commercial use, much of the building was rented for other purposes. A portion of the first floor was occupied by Springfield’s post office, while attorneys rented third-floor offices. Among them was Lincoln, who had offices here with partners Stephen T. Logan (1843-1844) and William H. Herndon (1844-ca. 1850). Here Lincoln also argued cases before the federal courts that met from 1841 to 1855 in a second-floor courtroom.