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Downtown Quincy in 1858 Marker image, Touch for more information
By Jason Voigt, May 11, 2020
Downtown Quincy in 1858 Marker
1 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Downtown Quincy in 1858 — Looking for Lincoln
2 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Niemann Building
3 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Ruff Brewing Company
4 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Steamboats and Railroads — Looking for Lincoln
5 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Tri-State Business Center — Looking for Lincoln
6 Illinois, Alexander County, Cairo — Cairo, Illinois
7 Illinois, Alexander County, Cairo — Great River Road Illinois — Reported unreadable
8 Illinois, Alexander County, Cairo — The Cairo Custom House — 1872
9 Illinois, Bond County, Greenville — Bulkley-Buie Store — c. 1840
10 Illinois, Bond County, Greenville — F. P. Joy & Company
11 Illinois, Bond County, Greenville — J. R. Bennett Building — 1870
12 Illinois, Bond County, Greenville — John Posch — Shoemaker from Austria — Reported missing
13 Illinois, Bond County, Greenville — Kendall Morse Town House — 1838 — Reported missing
14 Illinois, Bond County, Greenville — State Bank of Hoiles & Sons
15 Illinois, Bond County, Greenville — Weise & Bradford Store — 1879
16 Illinois, Bond County, Greenville — Wells Judd Tire Sales
17 Illinois, Bond County, Pocahontas — Pocahontas — Muscle, Metal, and Merchandise
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18 Illinois, Bond County, Smithboro — Smithboro — Now Boarding for Henderson Station
19 Illinois, Boone County, Belvidere — Foundry Ladle — National Sewing Machine Company
20 Illinois, Bureau County, Cherry — Cherry Mine Disaster
21 Illinois, Bureau County, Seatonville — Isam W. Seaton (1823-1903) and James H. Seaton (1828-1913)
22 Illinois, Bureau County, Spring Valley — John Mitchell — 1870-1919
23 Illinois, Bureau County, Wyanet — The Hennepin Canal — Hennepin Canal Parkway
24 Illinois, Calhoun County, Brussels — Wittmond Hotel
25 Illinois, Carroll County, Savanna — Plum River Falls
26 Illinois, Cass County, Beardstown — Beardstown Grand Opera House
27 Illinois, Cass County, Beardstown — Lincoln Photograph — Looking for Lincoln
28 Illinois, Cass County, Beardstown — Traveling to Beardstown — Looking for Lincoln
29 Illinois, Champaign County, Champaign, Downtown Champaign — Inman Hotel
30 Illinois, Champaign County, Homer — On The Bloomington Road / The Clark Neighborhood — Looking for Lincoln
31 Illinois, Champaign County, St. Joseph — Lincoln at Kelley's Tavern — Looking for Lincoln
32 Illinois, Champaign County, Urbana — Tiernan's Block / Masonic Temple — 1871
33 Illinois, Champaign County, Urbana, Cunningham Township — Busey's Hall/Princess Theater — 1870
34 Illinois, Champaign County, Urbana, Cunningham Township — Early Computers
35 Illinois, Champaign County, Urbana, Cunningham Township — Nat H. Cohen Building — 136 West Main Street — Joseph W. Royer Arts and Architecture District —
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36 Illinois, Christian County, Taylorville — Christian County Coal Miners — Taylorville, Illinois —
37 Illinois, Clark County, Casey — Casey — A Tale of Two Cities
38 Illinois, Clark County, Casey — The Development of Casey
39 Illinois, Clark County, Marshall — 517 Locust Street — Circa 1870
40 Illinois, Clark County, Marshall — Fancher Pony Truss Bridge
41 Illinois, Clark County, Marshall — Harlan Hall
42 Illinois, Clark County, Marshall — Harlan Hall Opera House — Historic Place Built in 1872
43 Illinois, Clark County, Marshall — Marshall — Archer's Avenue
44 Illinois, Clark County, Marshall — The Archer House — National Historic Landmark
45 Illinois, Clark County, Martinsville — Martinsville — The Merchants of Main Street
46 Illinois, Clark County, Martinsville — The Linn Family / The Rowe Foundry Anvil
47 Illinois, Clinton County, Beckemeyer — Buxton - Beckemeyer Mural
48 Illinois, Clinton County, Beckemeyer — Centralia Coal Company Mine No. 5 Disaster
49 Illinois, Clinton County, Breese — Breese
50 Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — An Emerging Center
51 Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Building Community
52 Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Civility
53 Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — In the National Spotlight
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54 Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Postwar Ups and Downs
55 Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Site of The Village of Richmond — Founded August 27, 1836
56 Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — Surviving Hard Times
57 Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon — The Early Days
58 Illinois, Coles County, Oakland — Gristmill Stone Recovered from the Little Embarras River
59 Illinois, Cook County, Arlington Heights — 609 N. Dunton
60 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — A Road Well Traveled — The Ogden Avenue Corridor
61 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Automobile Love Affair — A Traveling Showroom
62 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Berwyn, Illinois — Welcome to Route 66 Illinois
63 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Cruising the Strip — Route 66 on Ogden Avenue
64 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Eating on the Run — Fast Food on Ogden Avenue
65 Illinois, Cook County, Berwyn — Milly's Pizza in the Pan — Our Story
66 Illinois, Cook County, Calumet City, Thornton Township — Origins of Calumet City and Abraham Lincoln Funeral Train
67 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Andersonville — Andersonville
68 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Avondale — Florsheim Shoe Company Building — Alfred S. Alschuler, architect • 1924-26 — Chicago Landmark —
69 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — Union Stock Yard — Chicago — Est. 1865 —
70 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Back of the Yards — Union Stock Yard Gate — Burnham and Root, architects; Yard open: 1865-1971 — Chicago Landmark —
71 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Canaryville — People of Canaryville — Reported damaged
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72 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Chicago Bee Building — Chicago Landmark —
73 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Overton Hygienic Building — Chicago Landmark
74 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — State Street
75 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Supreme Life Building — Chicago Landmark —
76 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas (Bronzeville) — Welcome to Bronzeville
77 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — "Barmaids Ordinance"
78 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Bertha Honore Palmer and Potter Palmer
79 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Gold Coast — Walgreens — 1200 North Dearborn Street
80 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Museum of Science and Industry — Charles B. Atwood, architect; 1891-93 — Chicago Landmark —
81 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park — Site of the First Self-sustaining Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction — December 2, 1942
82 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Kenwood — Julius Rosenwald — Chicago Tribute —
83 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View — (Former) Marshfield Trust and Savings Bank — William Gibbons Uffendell, architect — 1924 —
84 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View — Former Site of the “Zum Deutschen Eck” Restaurant
85 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lake View East — Ruth Ellis — The Legacy Walk
86 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Little Italy — Maxwell Street — Evolution of a Neighborhood
87 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — Fine Arts Building — Solon S. Beman, architect; 1885; converted to Fine Arts Building in 1898 — Chicago Landmark —
88 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Loop District — State Street — Chicago Cultural Walk
89 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Magnificent Mile — First Wheat Cargo
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90 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Magnificent Mile — World Famous Billy Goat Tavern & Grill
91 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Magnificent Mile — World Famous Billy Goat Tavern & Grill
92 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North Side — Cyrus Hall McCormick — Inventor and Businessman (1809-1884) — Chicago Tribute —
93 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North Side — 6 — Early Businesses in Old Town (#6)
94 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North Side — 2 — Early Prominent Residents of Old Town (#2)
95 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North Side — 1 — Old Town’s Entrepreneur Spirit (#1)
96 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near North Side — 4 — Western Wheel Works Factory and Dr. Scholl Footwear Factory (#4)
97 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — American Book Company Building — Nelson Max Dunning, architect — 1912 —
98 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — Chess Records Office and Studio — Chicago Landmark —
99 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — George Pullman — Industrialist 1831-1897 — Chicago Tribute —
100 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Near South Side — John J. Glessner House — Henry Hobson Richardson, Architect — 1887 —

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