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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Quincy, Illinois

 
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1 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — A National Cemetery System
Civil War Dead An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. . . . Map (db m181389) HM
2 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — A Quincy "Copperhead" — Looking for Lincoln
Singleton had succumbed "Hook and Line" to the Democrats, stated Lincoln in 1854. He and Quincyan James W. Singleton had been fellow Whigs and disciples of Henry Clay. They had campaigned together in 1848 during Whig Zachary Taylor's . . . Map (db m150599) HM
3 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — A Victorian Cemetery — Looking for Lincoln
Woodland Cemetery—The necropolis that in life (Cornelius Volk) did so much to beaut(ify) and make attractive" (Quincy Daily-Herald, 1898). Among significant historical Woodland memorials are the gravestones of Orville and . . . Map (db m150258) HM
4 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Archaic — A Time of Change — 3000 - 1000 B.C. —
Warmer climate ends the Ice Age and encourages the growth of different plants. Deciduous trees replace open spruce woodlands. Many Ice Age animals become extinct, and woodland animals such as white-tailed deer are more common. About 7,000 years ago . . . Map (db m150277) HM
5 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Augustine Tolton
Father Tolton, the first negro priest in the United States, was born of slave parents in Brush Creek, Missouri, in 1854. Educated at Quincy schools, he returned to this city after his ordination in Rome, Italy, in 1886. He celebrated his first . . . Map (db m58799) HM
6 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Changing Slavery — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Lincoln: ". . . I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so. And I have no inclination to do so." Douglas: ". . . Mr. . . . Map (db m156831) HM
7 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Charles Henry Bull House
Style: Italianate Date: 1856-1857 Builder: George Baughman Nominated by the Quincy Preservation Commission. Approved by the Quincy City County, December 27, 1989. Verne W. Hagstrom, MayorMap (db m156867) HM
8 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Charley's Run
On an August night in 1842, Dr. Richard Eells, an active Quincy Abolitionist in the 1830-40's, was transporting a runaway slave named Charley to a safer location when his carriage was stopped near this spot by a posse searching for Charley. . . . Map (db m156857) HM
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9 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Crockets from Portico
First United Presbyterian Church, 1879 8th & Broadway Gothic Revival Style Robert Bunce, Architect Churches usually have an elaborate entrance or portico to mark the transition into a religious dwelling. The three portals symbolize the . . . Map (db m156776) HM
10 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Douglas' Disciple — Looking for Lincoln
"I regard (Richardson) as one of the truest men that ever lived; he 'sticks to judge Douglas through thick and thin" (A. Lincoln, 1860). Douglas composed the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. William A. Richardson, another Quincyan and Douglas' . . . Map (db m58760) HM
11 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Downtown Quincy in 1858 — Looking for Lincoln
Sixteen days of rain had laid a coat of mud over the macadam streets that wrapped the city's square. Called the "Model City" because of its beautiful setting on the bluffs, Quincy in 1858 occupied about five square miles within . . . Map (db m58759) HM
12 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Dr. Thomas Edgar Musselman — 1887 - 1976 — In Memory Of —
Distinguished naturalist and educator, friend of birds and young people, a lifelong resident of Quincy, "T. E." was loved by all those who shared his knowledge, enthusiasm and concern for wildlife. He founded the "Bluebird Trails" to erect and . . . Map (db m156860) HM
13 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Dred Scott Decision — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Lincoln: We oppose the Dred Scott Decision, . . . because we think that it lays the foundation not merely of enlarging and spreading that evil [slavery] but that it lays the foundation of spreading that evil into the states themselves . . . . . . Map (db m156830) HM
14 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Ernest M. Wood Office and Studio — Quincy Landmark
Style: Prairie Date: 1911-1912 Architect: Ernest M. Wood Nominated by the Quincy Preservation Commission. Approved by the Quincy City Council, December 27, 1989 Verne W. Hagstrom, MayorMap (db m156841) HM
15 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — His Friends Rest Here — Looking for Lincoln
"Here, too, the father of the town, with other men of large renown, are gathered by that reaper stern, who cuts down each and all in turn" (Henry Asbury, Reminiscences of Quincy, Illinois". Referring to the leaders from an earlier . . . Map (db m150257) HM
16 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County
This Greek Revival style mansion was built in 1835 by John Wood, Quincy's first settler, who erected a log cabin in 1822 at Front and Delaware Streets. The Society was formed in 1896, acquired the mansion in 1907, and maintains museum displays, loan . . . Map (db m187255) HM
17 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Honoring Soldiers — Woodland Cemetery
Inscription - North Side of Monument How sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow'd mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than . . . Map (db m150044) HM
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18 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — In Honor of Those Who Gave the Ultimate Sacrifice
In honor of those who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice in service to the United States of America and the families they left behind. The sacrifice will not be forgotten.Map (db m181390) WM
19 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — In Memory of the Potawatomi Indian "Trail of Death" — Indiana to Kansas, September 4 - November 4, 1838
From October 8-10, 1838, more than 800 Potawatomi Indians were encamped here in Quincy, Illinois and directly across the Mississippi River in Missouri. They were being forced to march from Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana to Eastern Kansas . . . Map (db m150021) HM
20 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Indian Mounds Park — Preserving a Legacy
In 1888, the Quincy Boulevard & Park Association was created to determine the location of parks and to develop beautiful boulevards. As early as 1894, E.J. Parker, the Association's president, began discussions with the city to acquire land where . . . Map (db m150072) HM
21 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Indian Removals - A Memorial
From 1818 through 1851 groups of American Indians were forcibly removed from states on the east side of the Mississippi River to territories on the west side. One of these removals was the Potawatomi Trail of Death, conducted by William Polke, . . . Map (db m181375) HM
22 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — John Wood 1798-1880
In 1846, a majestic white oak stood on a Mississippi River Bluff on property owned by Quincy founder John Wood. It towered over the trees that surrounded it. When Wood began to plat Woodland, he chose this oak as the point around which the . . . Map (db m150048) HM
23 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — John Wood Mansion — Erected 1835
The home of Governor John Wood Governor State of Illinois 1860-1861 Founder of Quincy, IllinoisMap (db m58738) HM
24 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Limestone Capitals — First United Presbyterian Church, 1879
First United Presbyterian Church, 1879 8th & Broadway Gothic Revival Style Robert Bunce, Architect The majority of churches built in Quincy in the 19th century revived a European Gothic style with pointed arches over the entrance and . . . Map (db m150586) HM
25 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lincoln Correspondent — Looking for Lincoln
"The points you propose to press upon Douglas, he will be very hard to get up to" ):Lincoln letter to Henry Asbury, 1858). Originally a Kentucky Whig, Henry Asbury was one of the founders of the Republican Party in Illinois along with . . . Map (db m58753) HM
26 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lincoln Promoter — Looking for Lincoln
"You are one of my most valued friends" (Lincoln letter to Abraham Jonas, 1860). Their friendship began in 1843 in Springfield when Lincoln and Jonas served together in the Illinois House of Representatives. Jonas became an early and . . . Map (db m58764) HM
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27 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lincoln Recuperates
Lincoln Was Exhausted after the debate with Douglas. "I tell you, I'm mighty nigh petered out; I reckon I'll have to quit and give up the race." That was Lincoln's comment on October 13, 1858; he was in a "state of . . . Map (db m156849) HM
28 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lincoln-Douglas Debate — Looking for Lincoln
On October 13 1858, two candidates for U.S. Senate met in this public square for a sixth debate. Quincy, in the west-central portion of the state, was a true battleground area where both candidates saw reasonable prospects of victory. . . . Map (db m58781) HM
29 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lincoln's 1854 Visit — Looking for Lincoln
On November 1, 1854 an incensed Lincoln attacked the immorality of slavery in a speech at Kendall Hall. Lincoln was awakened from a five-bear political slumber by Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act, attacking it in a series of speeches in . . . Map (db m149831) HM
30 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lincoln's Confidante — Looking for Lincoln
Quincy's Eliza Caldwell Browning and Abraham Lincoln first met in 1836. She was a new bride, and he had just received his law license. When Eliza discovered Lincoln's "great merits," the two established an easy rapport. Their . . . Map (db m58739) HM
31 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lincoln's Friend Johnston — Looking for Lincoln
Quincy lawyer and newspaper editor Andrew Johnston became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois Legislature when Lincoln served as representative and Johnson as assistant clerk. Like Lincoln, a Whig, Johnston was a law partner . . . Map (db m58795) HM
32 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lincoln's Honored Friend — Looking for Lincoln
"Archie Williams was one of the strongest-minded and clearest-minded men in Illinois" (A. Lincoln). Lincoln and his friend Archibald Williams had much in common. Both were born in Kentucky and moved to Illinois. Williams coming to Quincy . . . Map (db m58790) HM
33 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lincoln's Quincy — Looking for Lincoln
With a population of nearly 13,000 in 1858, Quincy was the Adams County seat and the third largest city in Illinois. Quincy boasted a strong, growing economy based on its transportation, milling, pork packing, and light industry. In 1853 . . . Map (db m58755) HM
34 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Lorado Taft (1860 - 1936) — Sculptor of the Debate Memorial
Best remembered for his spectacular fountains, Lorado Taft was the creator of some of our nation's outstanding monuments. Some of his most significant include Blackhawk (Oregon, IL, 1911), The Columbus Memorial (Washington, D.C., . . . Map (db m58782) HM
35 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Madison Park
This property was purchased by the city of Quincy in 1837 for use as a cemetery known as Madison Square. Among those who were buried here are the Mormons who died in 1838-1839 while in Quincy seeking asylum from persecution in Missouri. In 1857 . . . Map (db m156862) HM
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36 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Marquette & Jolliet — Europeans Arrive
In AD 1673, Pere Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, Louis Jolliet, a mapmaker, and a small party of Frenchmen explore the Mississippi River by canoe. In eastern Missouri they find a village of the Peoria, one of the tribes that speaks the . . . Map (db m150074) HM
37 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Mississippian — The First Farmers — AD 1000-1300 —
Farming changes almost every part of life and leads to the development of Mississippian culture. Mississippian farmers grow corn, squash, beans, and some native plants. They also hunt, gather, and fish, producing enough food to feed towns and . . . Map (db m150286) HM
38 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Morality of Slavery — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Lincoln: ". . . reduced to its lowest element, slavery is no other than that between the man that thinks slavery is wrong and those who do not think it wrong. . . . We think it is a moral, a social, and a political wrong. . . . [Douglas] has, . . . Map (db m156822) HM
39 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Navy Reserve
On this site stood the U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center of Quincy. Built in the late 1940's, it had 3 Quonset huts, office building, and surface division 9-29(m) with up to 120 personnel. Many were veterans of W.W. II, Korea and Vietnam. Others . . . Map (db m150027) HM
40 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Niemann Building
On this exact spot, the corner stone placed in 1910 for the construction of one of the finest; best commercial buildings in this entire area. Through the years, many very successful businesses were housed here. In later years several very . . . Map (db m150028) HM
41 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Original Site of Quincy College
On this corner, in 1859, the Franciscan Fathers founded St. Francis Solanus College. In September of 1860, the College was relocated on Allstynes Prairie (the present site) at 19th and College Avenue. The charter was granted by the State of Illinois . . . Map (db m150020) HM
42 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Original Site of St. Peter Church
Founded in 1839 to serve the Irish Catholics of Quincy. Here runaway slave Augustine Tolton attended school, was confirmed and worked until he entered the seminary and became the first negro priest in the United States.Map (db m150019) HM
43 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Paleoindian — The First Illinoisans — 12,000-8000 BC —
People arrive in North America from Asia more than 14,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age. The formation of glaciers lowers sea level and exposes a wide land bridge connecting Asia and North America where the Bering Sea is today. In . . . Map (db m150287) HM
44 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Permanency of Slavery — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Douglas: "Let each state mind its own business, and let its neighbors alone - then there will be no trouble on this question. . . . If we will stand by that great principle, then Mr. Lincoln will find that this Republic can exist forever . . . Map (db m156824) HM
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45 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Political Allies — Looking for Lincoln — 1860 —
Abraham Lincoln and John Wood shared similar political views, Both were members of the Whig Party and were strongly allied against slavery. Lincoln and Wood worked to establish the Republican Party, and each campaigned for the other's . . . Map (db m58737) HM
46 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Political Campaigning in 1858 — Looking for Lincoln
Quincy was in a festive mood for the all-day event with bands, banners, and thousands of people in attendance. Historian E.B. Long said, "It was a carnival time in Illinois. Mobs of thousands journeyed by wagon, horseback, boat and . . . Map (db m150023) HM
47 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Potawatomi Trail of Death — Mill Creek 1838
On October 7, 1838 nearly 850 Potawatomi Indians camped near here on Mill Creek on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. The diary records that they traveled 12 miles that day A child died.Map (db m181377) HM
48 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Quincy
In 1804, the Sac and Fox cede their land between the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers to the United States. Nine years later, General Howard and 1,400 mounted rangers burn a Sac village near the future site of Quincy. Legend has it that the . . . Map (db m150073) HM
49 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Quincy National Cemetery
Civil War Quincy Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861. Three days later, President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion. Men in Quincy, Illinois, rushed to volunteer for . . . Map (db m181384) HM
50 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Quincy Senior High School — 1891 — Pilasters —
12th & Maine Romanesque Revival Style Harvey Chatten, Arthitect ——————————— Pilasters Students entered the school through a monumental arched entrance facing on Maine . . . Map (db m156773) HM
51 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Quincy's Early Environment — 1848
Timbered hills, tall prairie grasses, ravines, creeks, and springs were prominent features of Quincy in Lincoln's time. Originally called "Bluffs," the town grew along the Mississippi's east bank and on the heights . . . Map (db m156922) HM
52 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Quincy's German Heritage
Began in 1829 with Michael Mast, from Forchheim, Baden. In the early 1830s many immigrants from that area settled here, followed closely by the Hessians. In the 1840s and '50s our ancestors were pouring in mainly from Westphalia and Hanover. Soon . . . Map (db m181391) HM
53 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Quincy's Judge Douglas — Looking for Lincoln
"His name fills the nation; and is not unknown, even in foreign lands" (A. Lincoln, 1856). Stephen A. Douglas, a Jacksonian Democrat, arrived in Quincy in 1841, at twenty-seven the youngest Supreme Court Judge in Illinois history. In . . . Map (db m150024) HM
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54 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — R. F. Newcomb House — 1890-91 — Romanesque Revival —
[Title is text]Map (db m156864) HM
55 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Racial Equality — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Lincoln: ". . . there is no reason in the world why the Negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence . . . . I hold that . . . in the right to eat the bread . . . which his own hand earns he is . . . Map (db m156821) HM
56 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Ruff Brewing Company
12th & Adams Founded by Caspar Ruff in 1855 Closed in 1948 [Emblem from razed brewery]Map (db m156772) HM
57 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Search for Equality — Looking for Lincoln
"Who shall say, I am the superior, and you are the inferior?" asked Lincoln in July 1858. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates focused on slavery. During the October 13th Quincy debate Lincoln affirmed: "...in the right to eat the bread . . . Map (db m58798) HM
58 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Spire Section — First United Presbyterian Church, 1879
First United Presbyterian Church, 1879 8th & Broadway Gothic Revival Style Robert Bunce, Architect Construction began in May, 1875, but stalled when a violent storm collapsed the walls of the new church. Calamity struck again when fire . . . Map (db m150591) HM
59 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Spread of Slavery Into The Territories — Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Lincoln: "We also oppose [slavery] as an evil so far as it seeks to spread itself. We insist upon a policy that shall restrict it to its present limits. We do not suppose on doing this that we infringe upon the Constitution. . . . . . Map (db m156828) HM
60 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — St. Boniface Catholic Church — Built 1962
[Title is text]Map (db m156852) HM
61 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — 1 — St. John's Episcopal Church — 1852 — Quincy Landmark —
Type: Early Gothic Revival Date: 1853 Architect: Charles Howland Nominated by the Quincy Preservation Commission. Approved by the Quincy City Council, March 1, 1999. Charles W. Scholz, MayorMap (db m156836) HM
62 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Steamboats and Railroads — Looking for Lincoln
Lincoln traveled to Quincy by stagecoach in 1854 after crossing the Illinois River at Naples. Lincoln's first documented visit was to support the Congressional candidacy of Archibald Williams and to attack the Kansas- Nebraska Act and . . . Map (db m57881) HM
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63 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Stephen A. Douglas in Quincy — Reported missing
Statesman and politician Stephen A. Douglas began his distinguished national career in Quincy. A resident of the city from 1841-1847, he served as Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court from 1841-1843, then in the U.S. House until he was . . . Map (db m149962) HM
64 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Stone Smokehouse — Circa 1840
This smokehouse was originally built on the Luke and Lucinda Kimmons homestead located approximately two miles south of "Five Points" in Liberty Township. In 1972 it was donated to the Quincy Park District and rebuilt on the Adams Landing log cabin . . . Map (db m187254) HM
65 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — The Browning House
On this site stood the house of Orville Hickman Browning (1806-1881) Illinois State Senator and Representative Senator, Secretary of the Interior, and Attorney General of the United States Friend and adviser of Presidents Abraham . . . Map (db m150022) HM
66 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — The History of South Park
In the early 1890's Quincy saw a need for a park on the South side. This property was then owned by Judge B.F. Berrian jointly with his brothers. On April 16, 1895 at a meeting of the City Council park committee a recommendation was made and . . . Map (db m150206) HM
67 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — The J. H. Brockschmidt Building — 1890
[Title is text]Map (db m156835) HM
68 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — The Latter-Day Saints in Quincy
In 1839, the Latter-Day Saints crossed the Mississippi River at this approximate site and were befriended by the citizens of Quincy. (Reverse:) "The citizens of Quincy (will) be held in everlasting remembrance for their unparalleled . . . Map (db m150451) HM
69 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — The Lord's Barn
Here on December 4, 1830 the first organized congregation in Quincy was established by the Reverend Asa Turner, one of seven Yale theological students, known as the "Yale Band," who pledge to save the "west" for Christ by founding churches and . . . Map (db m150025) HM
70 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — The Lord's Cabin
The Lord's Cabin is dedicated to the glory of God, the use for all God's people and in memory of Sir Knight Norbert H. (Bert) Wensing. (1928-1977) It was dedicated November 5, 1977, by the most Reverend Joseph A. McNicholas, D.D., Bishop of . . . Map (db m187250) HM
71 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — The Monument — Woodland Cemetery
Inscription - South Side of Monument "Consecrated A.D. 1867 by Sisters of the Good Samaritan in duty, affection, and reverence to the memory of the faithful soldiers of Adams county, who gave their lives that the nation might live." . . . Map (db m150045) HM
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72 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — The Mormons in Quincy
Mormons in Missouri were forced to flee their homes or face death because of an "extermination order" issued in 1838 by Governor Lillburn Boggs. Many of them crossed into Illinois at Quincy and were made welcome by the people here. In April 1839 . . . Map (db m149828) HM
73 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Thomas Scott Baldwin 1858-1923
The home of Major Thomas Scott Baldwin, aviation pioneer, once stood at this location. Baldwin invented the first folding parachute here in 1887, and by the 1890's had become one of the highest paid parachute exhibitionists in the nation. He built . . . Map (db m150016) HM
74 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Tri-State Business Center — Looking for Lincoln
Quincy's brewers and brick makers, contractors and coopers, foundry and factory workers, and diverse other tradesmen made this Mississippi River community an important center of commerce in Lincoln's day. Quincy's businessmen, whose . . . Map (db m57883) HM
75 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Ulysses S. Grant
Colonel Ulysses S. Grant and the 21st Illinois infantry arrived in Quincy, Illinois, around noon on 11 July 1861 having completed the last leg of their journey across Illinois. From Quincy, the troops were ferried across the Mississippi River . . . Map (db m150026) HM
76 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Warm, Sincere Friendship — Looking for Lincoln
Quincy's Orville Hickman Browning was Lincoln's friend, advisor, and confidant. According to historian David Donald, Lincoln considered Browning an old friend "whom he could absolutely trust. He knew the Illinois senator would never . . . Map (db m58742) HM
77 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Washington Theater — 1924 — Quincy Landmark —
Type: Mediterranean Revival Date: 1924 Architect: E. P. Rupert Nominated by the Quincy Preservation Commission. Approved by the Quincy City Council, January 3, 2000. Charles W. Scholz, Mayor.Map (db m156777) HM
78 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Welcome to Illinois
In 1673 the areas of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers were explored by Frenchmen Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette. Their voyages resulted in French claims on the area until 1763 when, by the Treaty of Paris, France ceded the land to . . . Map (db m150015) HM
79 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — William L. King Building — 1872
[Title is text]Map (db m156782) HM
80 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — Woodland — Village Life and Mound Building
Woodland people invent pottery for food storage and cooking and the bow and arrow for hunting and protection. They live in small villages, and they require raw materials and finished objects through long-distance trade. They bury their dead . . . Map (db m150278) HM
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81 Illinois, Adams County, Quincy — World Trade Center Artifact — Dedicated by the City of Quincy September 11, 2011
This artifact is a section of the antenna tower located on the rooftop of WTC Building #1 which was destroyed during the tragic events of September 11, 2001. A television broadcasting antenna manufactured in Quincy, Illinois by Harris . . . Map (db m150018) HM WM
 
 
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