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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bond County, Illinois
Adjacent to Bond County, Illinois
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| On Main Street near 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | [East Face]
In Memory of All
Who Followed the Flag From
1861 to 1865
Living and Dead.
Erected 1903
SHILOH
[South Face]
This monument is erected
by the Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps, Sons of . . . — — Map (db m34161) HM |
| On 3rd Street (Illinois Route 127), on the right when traveling north. |
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Lest We Forget
This memorial is dedicated
to the men and women of
Bond County who served in
the Armed Forces of the
United States of America
Dedicated Nov. 11, 1997
In memory of those from
Bond County who gave their lives . . . — — Map (db m34189) WM |
| On 2nd Street at College Avenue, on the left when traveling south on 2nd Street. |
| | S.B. Bulkley's first business here was in a frame business house in 1833. In 1840, he tore it down and rebuilt in brick. His clerk, Alexander Buie, later became his partner and the store was enlarged. Buie also sold Bibles in his store. When Daniel . . . — — Map (db m34148) HM |
| On 2nd Street at College Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 2nd Street. |
| | In 1870, W. S. Dann opened a small one room store at this location. Additions were built in 1880 and 1886. Mr. Dann was one of those most interested in the founding of Greenville College. F. P. Joy joined Dann within a few months of the store's . . . — — Map (db m34147) HM |
| On 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The building cost $15,000 and took 5 months to complete. "For the first time in Greenville's 119 years of history in which great progress was made in every other direction, the city really had its own building in which to conduct its business. In . . . — — Map (db m34183) HM |
| On North 4th Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on North 4th Street. |
| | Imagine a world without books--a frontier where print is a luxury, often out of reach. It's the world you would have known in 1815, when George Davidson settled the bluff overlooking Little Shoal Creek, just a short walk from where you stand. . . . — — Map (db m144131) HM |
| On Hills Fort Avenue (County Road 500) west of Millersburg Road, on the right when traveling east. |
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To mark the site of
Hill's Fort
Built in 1811
Indian Massacre in August 1814
— — Map (db m155014) HM |
| On 3rd Street (Illinois Route 127) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street. |
| | Illinois Confederacy Indians roamed this prairie land, rich in game, which became Illinois County of Virginia. Ceded in 1784 to the United States it was successively included in the Northwest, Indiana; and in 1809, Illinois Territory. Formed in . . . — — Map (db m34169) HM |
| On 3rd Street (Illinois Route 127) at College Avenue (Illinois Route 127), on the left when traveling north on 3rd Street. |
| | The earliest records show Samuel Colcord's Sorghum Mill once stood here. In 1870 Charles R. Bennett opened his new drugstore. Four drugstores were operating on the square during this time. It was Kate Benneett, Charles' wife, who prevailed on her . . . — — Map (db m34176) HM |
| On College Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | In 1912, at age 24, John Posch came to the United States with a dime in his pocket and a bag of tools. In Austria, he had apprenticed for four years as a shoemaker and passed his test to work the trade. In Greenville, he started up his business in a . . . — — Map (db m144104) HM |
| On West Main Street just west of North 3rd Street (Illinois Route 127), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Constructed as a two story house, this is thought to be the oldest building still standing in Greenville. It as built by Kendall Morse, younger brother of Stephen Morse, who co-founded Almira College. The brothers were some of the most prosperous . . . — — Map (db m144598) HM |
| On College Avenue at 3rd Street (Illinois Route 127), on the left when traveling west on College Avenue. |
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In memory fo the soldiers of
the War of the American Revolution
who are buried in Bond County, Illinois
John Diamond
James Green
Peter Hubbard
Charles Johnson
James Long
Joseph McAdams
Jacob Neer . . . — — Map (db m34126) HM |
| On West Main Street at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | Dedicated to the memory of Ronald Reagan, who spoke at this intersection on October 18, 1980, while campaigning for the United States Presidency. — — Map (db m34158) HM |
| On Main Street at 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | This bank was established in August, 1869, by Charles Hoiles and Charles D. Hoiles. In December of 1895 the bank was incorporated as the State Bank of Hoiles & Sons with a capital of $25,000. In September, 1903, the capital stock was increased to . . . — — Map (db m34155) HM |
| On Main Street at 3rd Street (Illinois Route 127), on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | This building used to be balanced by another more ornate one at the northern most part of the block. The old Post Office and the Cyclone Hose Company, Greenville's first Fire Station, were located in what was known as the Demoulin block before the . . . — — Map (db m34174) HM |
| Near College Avenue at 3rd Street (Illinois Route 127), on the left when traveling west. |
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In memory of the
who are buried in
Bond County
Amos Balch Ansel Birge
Welshier Buchanan William Burgess
Allen Comer John Etzler
Daniel Ferguson John Floyd
Boling Grigg Bonham Harlan
T. S. Hubbard Joseph Hunter . . . — — Map (db m34127) HM |
| On 3rd Street at College Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street. |
| | On this northwest corner of the square, the former Hotel Eureka (better known as the Franklin House) once stood. It served as the old stage coach house and was "the best house in town, two stories high, with a double porch on the front, and withal a . . . — — Map (db m34185) HM |
| On North 2nd Street just south of West Oak Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1918, this site was headquarters for Wells Judd Tire Sales, a Goodyear Tire Dealer for over 50 years. Managed by Earl Wildermann, it served the local tire and battery trade, as well as customers traveling on the National Trail. Restored in . . . — — Map (db m144108) HM |
| On West Main Street (Illinois Route 140) just east of North Maple Street (Illinois Route 140), on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the 1820s, not far from where you stand, passengers could board a stagecoach traveling west to Alton, Ill., or east to the Illinois Capitol at Vandalia.
According to local lore, if passengers at the town tavern were waiting for a coach, the . . . — — Map (db m144132) HM |
| On State Street at Park Street, on the right when traveling east on State Street. |
| | The village square may be quiet today, but from the mid-1800s through the early 1900s, the ring of hammers bending iron and shaping steel echoed down these streets.
Northwest of where you stand, blacksmiths shaped horseshoes, linked chains, . . . — — Map (db m144110) HM |
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