Globe Tavern

City: Springfield

County: Sangamon

State: Illinois

The Globe Tavern was an inn on the west side of the public square in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham and Mary Lincoln boarded at the Globe from their wedding on November 4, 1842, until they bought their home in January 1844.

Marriage Entry for Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd; Abraham Lincoln to Joshua F. Speed; Contract between Charles Dresser and Abraham Lincoln; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 3 May 1839, 3:3.