Zion Baptist Missionary Church
1601 East Laurel Street
Springfield, Illinois
217-528-6113
[open to the public]

The church was founded by former slave Thomas Houston, who fled to Springfield from Missouri. He used his home in Springfield as a station and organized secret raids back into Missouri to free his brother and his brother's family. The Houstons operated their underground station for years and went on to become one of the most prominent African-American families in the country. Houston also fought for the Union Army during the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln Home
Jackson and Eighth Streets
Springfield, Illinois
[open to the public]

He signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.