Abraham Lincoln Museum      Old State Capitol      Lincoln-Herndon Law Office      Lincoln’s Home (0.3 miles)      Lincoln’s New Salem (0.5 mi)      Illinois State Capitol (0.5 mi)      Lincoln’s Tomb (5 miles)      Lake Springfield (5 miles)      Frank Lloyd Wright House Lincoln’s Tomb Abraham Lincoln was buried in Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery at the request of Mrs. Lincoln after his assassination in 1865. The monument was designed by sculptor Larken Mead, completed in 1874, and paid for with public donations. The original receiving vault in which Abraham Lincoln was buried, as well as monuments to four Illinois governors, poet Vachel Lindsay, and Lincoln's law partner, William Herndon, can be seen on a tour of the cemetery. Click Here for more information...