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Photographer: Courtesy Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Caption: Marker detail: Virgil Hickox Home
Additional Description: This 1902 photo is the oldest known picture of the Hickox home (across the street). Hickox built it in 1839 and enlarged it several times afterwards. It is the oldest single family residence still standing in downtown Springfield. Hickox died in 1880, but the home's notoriety as a political hang-out continued. It housed Springfield's first private men's club; during prohibition there was a "speakeasy" in the basement. From Lincoln's time to the present, many prominent Illinois politicians have congregated here.
Submitted: September 18, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p539367
File Size: 0.949 Megabytes

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