Game Nights at Dana-Thomas House at Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site – Springfield, IL

Bring your favorite board game and some family and friends for an evening of fun at the Dana-Thomas House! We’ll provide a table in one of our historic rooms for you to enjoy your game together. You may also bring your own non-alcoholic drinks and/or light snacks to enjoy while you participate.

This event is free and open to all ages; reservations are required due to limited space.

Important Notes:

1. The Dana-Thomas House includes 12,600 square feet of architecture, split over 16 levels separated by stairs. Please keep this in mind when reserving your tour. Questions about accessibility and requests for reasonable accomodation should be directed to DNR.historicspringfield@illinois.gov.
2. Photography, video and other recording are only permitted outdoors; indoor photos, videos, and other recording are not permitted. A gallery of photos of the site, including interior images, is available at https://dnrhistoric.illinois.gov/research/photogallery.html Photos are also posted to our Facebook (State Historic Sites at Springfield, IL) and Instagram (@statehistoricsitesspringfield) feeds.

About the Site

The Dana-Thomas House was designed and built between 1902-1904 by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It was commissioned by Susan Lawrence Dana, a Springfield socialite, philanthropist, and activist who collaborated with Wright on his first “blank check” commission to design a home in which she could advance her ideas about democracy and education. At 12,600 square feet, with 35 rooms and over 100 art glass windows, when completed in 1904 it was the largest and most extravagant home Wright had designed thus far in his independent career as an architect. Today it is managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources; with most of its original furnishings and art glass still intact, it is one of the most complete of Wright’s Prairie style homes in the United States.

Parking

The Dana-Thomas House is located at 301 East Lawrence Avenue in Springfield, Illinois. A free parking lot is located directly across the street from the house, at the northeast corner of Fourth Street and Lawrence Avenue. Additional free parking is located behind the house and west of the railroad tracks in the lot off of Cook Street.