If you are "into" Vachel Lindsay this is the place to go, otherwise it is a nice home tour. The home is period and that makes it worth seeing, but it isn't really "exciting". The docents are great! They hold other events there, art shows, photo shows, and that makes it worth going!

This house will interest anyone who likes mid-western poetry in general. It is a modest house in the city.

My family and I really had not heard of Vachel Lindsay before touring his family home. We found out that he was a poet and a writer with very interesting taste in art for his era. Few items had actually been owned by the Lindsay family. Most of the items in the home had been purchased by the family that... More

My friend and I took our Girl Scout troop here while we waited for the Executive Mansion to open. Thank you to the gardener from the Executive Mansion as we learned new things and found a hidden treasure. The house is locked, however a simple ring on the doorbell gains you admittance. The woodwork and furnishings are beautiful and well... More

Building well preserved. The tour guide was well informed on Vachel, his family, and literature.

Sometimes I feel that we go so far to see some intresting places when we have some many right here in Illinois. One of these wonderful sights to see is the Vachel Lindsay Home in the historical part of Springfield IL. This man was a very religious man in his day and a renoun poet of his time. The lovely... More