Main Street Cemetery Marker

HMdb.org

THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE “Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”

Home — My Markers — Add A Marker — Marker Series — Links & Books — Forum — About Us

Word or Phrase

Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print

Downers Grove in Du Page County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Main Street Cemetery
A Downers Grove Historic Site
— circa 1856 —

Main Street Cemetery Marker Photo, Click for full size

October 5, 2012

1. Main Street Cemetery Marker

Inscription. In 1856, Samuel Curtiss donated part of his sheep pasture for use as a cemetery. He was later paid $15 for the land, money from individuals who formed a cemetery association in 1864. Nearly 100 members of Downers Grove's early families, including Israel Blackburn, a freedman, and members of the Blanchard, Curtiss and Wells families are buried here. The cemetery was used until 1939 when Emma Foster Miller was the last to be interred. It is one of the few American cemeteries located in a main business district.

Erected 2000 by The Downers Grove Historical Society.

Location. 41° 47.575′ N, 88° 0.621′ W. Marker is in Downers Grove, Illinois, in Du Page County. Marker is on Main Street 0.1 miles south of Curtiss Street, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Downers Grove IL 60515, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. A different marker also named Main Street Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Farmer's and Merchant's Bank Building (about 400 feet away, in a direct line); Masonic Temple (about 800 feet away); The Indian Boundary Line (approx. ¼ mile away); Ben Fuller House (approx. 4.7 miles away); Mammoth Spring (approx. 5.3 miles away); Site of St. Paul Lutheran School (approx. 9.6 miles away); Army Trail Road (approx. 9.7 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Downers Grove.

Main Street Cemetery Photo, Click for full size

October 5, 2012

2. Main Street Cemetery

Credits. This page originally submitted on October 5, 2012. This page has been viewed 66 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 5, 2012. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.