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With our Design Center centrally located in the city of Springfield, American Design Homes build territory covers approximately 3600 square miles in central Illinois. Our territory extends from Manito to Taylorville to Jacksonville, Lincoln, Waverly and everything in between.

Territory or Community Details:

Population

Population:

112,000 

Hospitals

Hospitals:

  • Memorial Medical Center
  • Saint Johns Hospital

Schools

Schools:

 

The Springfield, IL area has many public and private schools to choose from.

  • Lanphier High School
  • Springfield High School
  • Luthern High School
  • Sacred Heart-Griffin High School
  • University of Illinois at Springfield
  • Robert Morris University

Trains & Airports

Trains & Airports:

  • Am Track
  • Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
  • Lincoln Sites Tour
  • Springfield Trolley Tours


Entertainment

Entertainment and Attractions:

Art Galleries

  • Cathedral of Immaculate Conception
  • Hoogland Center for the Arts
  • James S. Murray Gallery
  • Michael Victor II Art Library

Museum Art Gallery

  • Prairie Art Alliance
  • Robert Morris University Art Gallery
  • Springfield Art Association
  • Visual Arts Gallery

Attractions

  • Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
  • Dana Thomas House
  • Edwards Place
  • Elijah Iles House
  • Executive Mansion
  • Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lawrence Memorial Library
  • Illinois State Capitol
  • Lincoln Depot
  • Lincoln Family Pew
  • Lincoln Home National Historic Site
  • Lincoln Ledger
  • Lincoln Tomb
  • Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site
  • Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices
  • Old State Capitol
  • Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon
  • Vachel Lindsay Home

Memorials

  • Camp Butler
  • Illinois Firefighter Memorial
  • Illinois Police Officers Memorial
  • Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Lincoln Memorial Garden
  • World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial

Family Entertainment

  • America’s Incredible Pizza Company
  • Eisenhower Aquatics Center
  • Goals Indoor Sports
  • Robin Roberts Stadium
  • Springfield Fox Semi-Pro Football
  • Springfield Jr. Blues Hockey Team
  • Springfield Long Nine
  • Springfield Sliders
  • Veterans Pool

Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts:

A young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln came to make the frontier town his home in 1837. In the same year, the state capital was moved from Vandalia to Springfield through the legislative efforts of Lincoln and eight friends known as the "Long Nine" (so called because their aggregate height was 54 feet).


Area Weather

Area Weather:

Springfield experiences a moderate mid-latitude climate. Typical average temperatures were 52 degrees in the winter and 76 degrees during the summer months.


Cities in My Territory

Cities in My Territory:

Cities in my territory include: Manito, Havana, San Jose, Atlanta, Mason City, Bath, Kilbourne, Lincoln, Greenview, Petersburg, Tallula, Athens, Williamsville, Mount Pulaski, Sherman, Pleasant Plains, Riverton, Meredosia, Chapin, Jacksonville, South Jacksonville, Leland Grove, Springfield, Rochester, Southern View, New Berlin, Loami, Chatham, Woodside, Edinburg, Stonington, Taylorville, Morrisonville, Pana, Waverly, Woodson, Murrayville, Franklin, Auburn, Pawnee, Divernon, Kincaid.

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