| Illinois (McLean County), Bloomington — Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District — Bloomington, Illinois — County-Seat Marker |
| | Abraham Lincoln
traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ···1847 - 1857 — Map (db m12156) |
| Illinois (McLean County), Bloomington — David Davis Mansion |
| | This Victorian Mansion was the home of Judge David Davis, an associate of Abraham Lincoln's.
Construction began in 1870 and was completed in 1872. The house is built of yellow hard-burned face brick with stone quoins in the corners. It is 64 feet wide, extends 88 feet back, and has a tower that rises 50 feet above the ground. The lavish interior includes eight marble fireplaces.
Davis was appointed by President Lincoln to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1862 and became a United . . . — Map (db m12249) |
| Illinois (McLean County), Bloomington — Lincoln The Lawyer — " A Rustic on his First Visit " — Looking for Lincoln |
| | “A rustic on his first visit to the circus” is how John W. Baddeley, an English immigrant farmer described Abraham Lincoln on his first visit to the McLean County Courthouse as a young attorney in the summer of 1837. Lincoln was wearing “ill-fitting homespun clothes, the trousers a little too short, and the coat a trifle too large.” Baddeley summarily dismissed the “country bumpkin” lawyer who had been sent by his senior partner, John Todd . . . — Map (db m12362) |
| Illinois (McLean County), Bloomington — World War II War Memorial — McLean County Illinois |
| | Dedicated to the memory of those from McLean County who made the Surpreme Sacrifice
World War II
1941- -1945 — Map (db m12432) |
| Illinois (McLean County), Carlock — Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District — Woodford / McLean Counties — County Line Marker |
| | Abraham Lincoln
traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District
1847 - 1859 — Map (db m12152) |
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