The National Park Service reports that 218,000 visitors to the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in 2014 spent $12.7 million in surrounding communities. A study by the U.S. Geological Survey found the spending supported 208 jobs and contributed a total of $16 million. Abraham and Mary Lincoln bought the only home they owned in what is now downtown Springfield in 1844 and lived there until leaving for the White House in 1861. Home Superintendent Dale Phillips anticipates more visitors in 2015 because of the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and Lincoln's death. Springfield is staging various events in the coming weeks - including a reenactment of the arrival of Lincoln's funeral train - to commemorate the martyred president's burial.