Elijah Iles House, Historic house in Springfield, United States.

The Elijah Iles House is a timber-framed structure with three distinct levels: basement, main floor, and finished attic quarters. The building combines functional spaces with handcrafted details from its early construction period.

Elijah Iles moved to Springfield in 1821, ran the first store in Sangamon County and helped bring the county seat to the town. His house was built around 1837. In 1910 it was moved to make room for a new church and fitted with electricity, plumbing and radiator heating. It was listed on the National Register in 1978, moved again in 1998 and fully restored with private donations before opening to the public in 2005.

The upper floors hold a collection of pre-Civil War furniture. The ground-level basement houses the Farrell and Ann Gay Museum of Springfield History, whose exhibits include wristwatches, pocket watches and clocks made by the Illinois Watch Company, a Springfield factory that operated from 1878 until 1934.

Tours run on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons from April through October; the house is otherwise closed to visitors. The entrance is at 628 S. 7th Street, and the Foundation owns and operates the site. Confirm the current tour times before travelling, since the free-admission claim is not supported by the sources.

The house was moved twice: in 1910 to clear space for a new church, and again in 1998 to its current site at 628 S. 7th Street. The 1998 restoration was paid for almost entirely by private donations, and the house is owned by the Elijah Iles House Foundation.