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Vachel Lindsay Home

Vachel Lindsay Home
State Historic Site
603 S. Fifth Street,
Springfield, IL
(217) 524-0901

 Hours:
 12:00 p.m. - 4:00.,
Tuesday - Saturday

There is no charge to visit the site. Donations are accepted.

Please contact the site
if you are planning a visit for
15 or more individuals.

 

Poet, artist, and performer Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) was born in this modest house next door to the governor’s mansion.

Lindsay gained international fame with his poems, “The Wedding of the Rose and Lotus” distributed to Congress at the Panama-Pacific Exposition and “General William Booth Enters Into Heaven,” a performance piece about the founder of the Salvation Army.

Lindsay artifacts and artwork are displayed in the home.

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