Fourth Street Baptist Church

In 1900 the Mt. Canaan Baptist Church was established under the leadership of the Reverends John Bellamy and Willis Carter when a few men and women met under a fig tree on Third Avenue to worship. In 1901 Rev. Bellamy ...

Wayne Village Historic District

Wayne Village was founded as a settlement by Solomon Dunham, after the Galena and Union tracks were completed in 1850. (Later called the Chicago Northwestern R.R.) The founder of the settlement was appointed the first station master, postmaster, and school ...

Historic Camelback Bridge

The town of Normal was created at the junction of the Illinois Central and the Chicago and Alton Railroads. The Camelback Bridge is the last surviving structure in Normal associated with the railroad. Its location was chosen because here the ...

Center Street Site

First brick pavement in the United States

Innovation to modern highways

Installed 1877 by Napoleon B. Heafer

This plaque set in original paving brick and presented to the City of Bloomington May 11, 1968, by Bloomington Junior High School students

Their participation in Illinois ...

Washburn Historic Waterfront

Bigelow / Hines Railroad Trestle

In the early days of Washburn, the waterfront was filled with saw mills. The A.A. Bigelow Mill (1887-1902), later to become the Hines Mill, was the largest of three major sawmills in Washburn. It rested on ...

The Home of Julia Green Scott

The home of Julia Green Scott, (Mrs. Matthew T. Scott) seventh President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 1909–1913

Later home of her daughter, Julia & son-in-law, Carl Vrooman

Marker is at the intersection of East Taylor Street ...

Bayfield Historic Waterfront

Eastern Waterfront / Ferry Dock

Bayfield’s history has been powerfully shaped by its location. Situated on the shores of a deep, natural harbor, the city is sheltered from Lake Superior’s notorious storms by the outlying Apostle Islands. Lighthouses, shipwrecks, and a ...

Site of the First School in Fall River Valley

In 1868, near this spot, the first school in Fall River Valley was built. The building was of log construction, 20 feet by 30 feet, with no floor or windows. About 1870 the first sawmill in the valley was built ...

Oakland Valley School District #3

One of the seven schools established in 1837. It was a joint district serving children in Oakland Valley and Orange County. The school term was three months, 20 days. In 1866 it had an enrollment of 82 pupils. It closed ...

Stephen Crane's Pond

Here at the home of his brother Edmund, the author of the Red Badge of Courage lived and wrote in the early 1890's.

Marker is at the intersection of Cold Spring Road and County Route 48 on Cold Spring Road.