Completed in 1898, Springfield Union Station was an active passenger station until 1971. Designed in Richardson Romanesque style by the chief architect of the Illinois Central Railroad, Francis T. Bacon, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. In addition to serving passengers of the Illinois Central Railroad, Union Station also served the St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the Peoria and St. Louis Railroad.
The original clock tower was removed in 1946, but was rebuilt as part of a $12.5M restoration project completed in 2007. Union Station is now a visitor's center for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
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