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Popular tourist destinations like Lincoln's Tomb, currently open seven days a week, will be closed on Sundays and Mondays beginning Monday.

The Lincoln-Herndon Law Office, now open seven days a week, will be open only on Saturdays beginning Monday.

Those reductions are the latest sign of how the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency is grappling with a $2.8 million budget cut.

Last week, the agency laid off 80 seasonal workers at historic sites across the state in response to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's decision to pare a total of $1.4 billion out of the budget sent to him by lawmakers in May.

Agency spokesman David Blanchette said no decisions have been made on what will happen at sites like Black Hawk Historic Site in Rock Island, the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington or the Lincoln Log Cabin in Lerna.

"We're going to be making some tough decisions in the coming weeks," Blanchette said.

He said each site is being analyzed to determine what might be the best option. For example, a reduced schedule at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville might not be compatible with the operations of the Bryant Cottage in Bement.

"Every individual site is a unique situation," Blanchette said.

"We're examining every possibility at this point."

For the predominately Lincoln-themed Springfield area sites, the cuts are drastic, but will only save the state about $95,000.

The only site unscathed by the decision is the Abraham Lincoln President

Library and Museum, which will remain open seven days a week.

But, Lincoln's New Salem near Petersburg will go from a seven-day operation to a Wednesday-Sunday plan.

The Old State Capitol will be open Tuesday through Saturday, rather than seven days a week.

The Vachel Lindsay Home in Springfield will be open on Saturdays only from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The schedule at the Dana-Thomas House in Springfield will remain unchanged - it will be open Wednesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.