Lincoln Colored Home
- Architect
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Year
- 1904
- City
- Springfield, IL
The Lincoln Colored Home, also known as the Lincoln Colored Old Folks and Orphans Home, was founded by Eva Carroll Monroe in 1898 and was one of the first orphanages for African American children in the United States. The present building at 427 South 12th Street was built in 1904 to a design by Frank Lloyd Wright, after the original structure on the site was razed. It operated until 1933, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
the building
Founding by Eva Carroll Monroe. Monroe moved to Springfield from Kewanee, Illinois in 1896 and saved $125 for a down payment on the property, opening the home in 1898 to care for Black orphans at a time when three other Springfield orphanages refused to take children of color.
the architect
The 1904 building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
More on Frank Lloyd Wrightsignificance
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It still stands but has been empty and in a state of disrepair, though its last two owners have made efforts to restore it.
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nearby
- Illinois State Armory
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site
- Cong. James M. Graham House
- Elijah Iles House
- Christ Episcopal Church
- Virgil Hickox House