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On Lockport Street at Wood Farm Road, on the left when traveling east on Lockport Street.
As early as the 1830s the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad had invented the two-truck car. The design consisted of two sets of trucks or wheel housings, that held two axles each, for a total of eight wheels on each car. Springs were mounted in-between . . . — — Map (db m94153) HM
On Lockport Street at Wood Farm Road, on the left when traveling east on Lockport Street.
The origin of the caboose is uncertain, but the generally accepted story of its creation is that Nat Williams, a freight conductor on the Auburn & Syracuse Railroad during the 1840s made it his custom to sit on a box or barrel in the last car of a . . . — — Map (db m94156) HM
On Illinois Route 59, on the left when traveling south.
[Honor Roll of Veterans
by company and unit,
largely illegible]
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This memorial had been dedicated to those of the Plainfield area who gave their all for their country in . . . — — Map (db m94077) HM
On Lockport Street at Des Plaines Street, on the right when traveling west on Lockport Street.
Plainfield has maintained a link to its heritage by preserving its historic architecture. The Downtown Historic District encompasses 50 properties along both sides of Lockport Street between Division Street on the east and James and Main Streets on . . . — — Map (db m94115) HM
On Lockport Street at Wood Farm Road, on the left when traveling east on Lockport Street.
Built by 1887, this wood-framed depot was located originally on the south side of the railroad tracks at Center Street, approximately 1.25 miles east of the present site. Now sited along a later spur line, the depot originally served the main . . . — — Map (db m94144) HM
On Lockport Street (Illinois Route 126) east of Countryman Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Located on both sides of the DuPage River,
Electric Park was the ideal summer resort.
It offered rental cottages, entertainment,
dining, dancing, swimming, and a mile of
boating along the damed up river. The
park was planned and developed by . . . — — Map (db m231086) HM
On Lockport Street (Illinois Route 126) at Wood Farm Road, on the left when traveling west on Lockport Street.
The two longest highways in America, the Lincoln Highway and Route 66 intersect in Plainfield and Joliet Illinois. This famous historic crossroads intersects for three blocks [in] the heart of downtown Plainfield with road signs to mark where both . . . — — Map (db m119937) HM
On Lockport Street, 0.2 miles east of South Hartong Street, on the right when traveling east.
The property was originally purchased from the Federal Government by
Samuel Shively on June 11, 1835. Within two years, Robert W. Chapman,
pioneer land speculator, acquired the land. Here, Chapman constructed the
original house, a modest, . . . — — Map (db m231037) HM
On West Commercial Street east of South Illinois Street, on the left when traveling east.
c. 1834
Upright & Wing
with Greek Revival influences
Built by Chester Ingersoll
Restoration by Debbie Olsen for
John & Keebie Bright
Landmark
Village of
Plainfield
Illinois — — Map (db m231104) HM
On Lockport Street (Illinois Route 126) at Wood Farm Road, on the left when traveling west on Lockport Street.
Prior to the onset of paved roads like the Lincoln Highway public transportation in the form of an electric passenger railroad known as interurban enjoyed widespread popularity. These light rail lines were mainly electrified operating with . . . — — Map (db m94170) HM
On Illinois Route 59 south of Union Street, on the left when traveling south.
This monument was erected by Methodists North and South, and was dedicated by the Rock River Conference assembled in Joliet September Twenty-Seventh, Nineteen Hundred Eleven, in memory of—
Jesse Walker
1766 - 1835
Susannah, his wife . . . — — Map (db m94041) HM
On West Main Street (Illinois Route 126) 0.2 miles west of North Division Street (Illinois Route 59), on the right when traveling west.
This was the site of the Arnold Tavern, first government franchised Post Office in present day Will County (1834-1845). The present building was the home of Dr. E.C. Wight, one of the first physicians in northern Illinois (1836), and a post-house . . . — — Map (db m132023) HM
On Lockport Street at Illinois Street, on the right when traveling west on Lockport Street.
This Greek Revival frame building, now known as Plymouth Congregational Church, was built in 1850 and dedicated 14 January 1851 by the members of the Plainfield Congregational Church who organized their congregation in the mid 1830s.
The . . . — — Map (db m94082) HM
On Illinois Route 59, on the left when traveling south.
Reuben Flagg
Died Nov. 9. 1869
in his 71.st. year of his age
Was one among the four first
families that settled in Will Co.
A pioneer in the advance guard
of the western emigration 1830
Hauled the lumber to build the
first . . . — — Map (db m94078) HM
On Lockport Street at Des Plaines Street, on the right when traveling west on Lockport Street.
First Plat of "Planefield"
Chester Ingersoll platted the "Town of Planefield" in August 1834 north of the settlement at Walker's Grove. It was a modified grid plan of thirteen nearly square blocks with a formal Public Square at the . . . — — Map (db m94140) HM
On Lockport Street (Illinois Route 126) at Wood Farm Road, on the left when traveling west on Lockport Street.
In 1913, Carl Fisher proposed the "Coast-to-Coast Rock Highway". Eager to put America on wheels, executives from automobile and tire manufacturers quickly joined in the effort. At the inaugural meeting on July 1, 1913, the newly elected President, . . . — — Map (db m94168) HM
On Lockport Street (Illinois Route 126) at Wood Farm Road, on the left when traveling west on Lockport Street.
Plainfield is reported to be the oldest community in Will County, situated along the DuPage River it quickly became a summer suburban vacation spot for much of northern Illinois. Before automobile travel on the Lincoln Highway became the preferred . . . — — Map (db m94175) HM
