Historical Markers and War Memorials in Carlinville, Illinois
Carlinville is the county seat for Macoupin County
Carlinville is in Macoupin County
Macoupin County(36) ► ADJACENT TO MACOUPIN COUNTY Greene County(4) ► Jersey County(22) ► Madison County(217) ► Montgomery County(26) ► Morgan County(20) ► Sangamon County(196) ►
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16th, President of the United States
Born: February 12, 1809, Hodgenville, Kentucky
Assassinated: April 15, 1865, Washington D. C.
Presidential Term: March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865
• We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
• Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
• My concern is not whether God is on our . . . — — Map (db m195623) HM
Abraham Lincoln spoke here on August 31, 1858. (sic) In the course of his famous campaign against Stephen A. Douglas, for the United States Senatorship. — — Map (db m144483) HM
Route 66, the Mother Road, is an American icon that symbolizes romance and freedom of the open road. Born in 1926, Route 66 was one of the first numbered U.S. highways, journeying 2,500 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. Today, you can still "get . . . — — Map (db m144544) HM
The first hard road connecting Chicago and St. Louis passed through the heart of Carlinville. In 1926, Route 66 opened from Chicago to Los Angeles and followed Route 4 through Illinois. The “Mother Road” Circled the Carlinville Square . . . — — Map (db m144482) HM
(305 S. East Street)
John M. Palmer (1817-1900), friend of Abraham Lincoln, Civil War Major General who later became the Governor of Illinois, U.S. Senator, and Gold Democrat Presidential Candidate.
The east wing of the Palmer House was . . . — — Map (db m229840) HM
This elegant fifty room hotel was built amid scandal in 1870 by Judge Thaddeus Loomis. Judge Loomis was one of the commissioners responsible for the building of the Macoupin County Courthouse. As courthouse costs continued to rise, Judge Loomis . . . — — Map (db m195433) HM
(118 E. Side Square)
Dedicated in 1870, this grand hotel played a part in the Courthouse scandal. Loehr's Drug Store was located on ground floor.
Gustave Loehr, one of the original founders of Rotary International, hosted the first-ever . . . — — Map (db m229835) HM
(205 E. 1st South)
Built in 1869 and used for 118 years, this is one of the few Cannonball Jails still in existence. Surplus Civil War cannonballs were placed within the walls to prevent prisoner breakouts.
Route 66 garden designed and . . . — — Map (db m229839) HM
(210 E. Main)
The present-day County Courthouse opened its doors in 1870 with a price tag of $1.3 million dollars. The longest document known to exist in Lincoln's own handwriting, 43 legal size pages, was found among the records in this . . . — — Map (db m229841) HM
In Memory of
Patriots & Soldiers
of the
American Revolution
Buried in
Macoupin County
Pvt. Samuel Brown Va. · Robert Bushby Va. · John Cheek · Thomas Dodson Md. · William Gatv · Pvt. Wm. Gillespie S.C. · Pvt T. Huriah . . . — — Map (db m196362) HM
This is the second oldest building on the Square. It was built in 1854 and was also the first building on the Square to be three stories tall.
In 1924, Greek immigrant Pete Adam opened the Ariston Restaurant here. Business boomed two years . . . — — Map (db m144480) HM
(2332 E. Side Square)
A hallmark of Route 66 in Illinois, the Ariston Café was originally established in Carlinville in 1924.
Continue to Trail 1 or Trail 2 to Site 4. Continue east down East Main Street to 210 East Main . . . — — Map (db m229837) HM
It shot a six pound iron ball, giving it its name, it could also shoot an explosive shell or canister. Six pounders, incidentally, were fired by six man crews and pulled by a team of six horses. It was born in 1839 at the Algar Foundry in Boston. A . . . — — Map (db m195831) HM
(Boundaries: Whitley Street to the North, Burton Street to the South, University Street to the East and High Street to the West)
Standard Oil of Indiana purchased 156 homes built within 9 blocks of which 150 still stand, making . . . — — Map (db m229842) HM
