First Stone Building in Joliet #2 - Joliet, IL
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N 41° 31.484 W 088° 05.278
16T E 409229 N 4597581
This is one of two nearby historical markers concerning Joliet's first stone house.
Waymark Code: WMC8KR
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2011
Views: 2
Located in Joliet's Bicentennial Park, this marker is similar to but defintiely separate from WMC14Y...and, although about the same building, there seems to be a discrepancy as to how many floors the building had. (This marker says three...the other one says 1 1/2)
This marker reads:
"JOLIET'S FIRST STONE BUILDING
WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THIS
SITE BY MARTIN DEMMOND, IN
1834 HE QUARRIED LIMESTONE
FROM THESE BLUFFS FOR A
THREE STORY BUILDING
COMPRISED OF STORES, OFFICES
AND BALLROOM. COMPLETED IN
1835 THE CONVENTION TO
NOMINATE WILL COUNTY'S
FIRST OFFICIALS WAS HELD
HERE. SO MUCH LIMESTONE WAS
QUARRIED AND SENT
THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST
THAT JOLIET BECAME KNOWN
AS THE "STONE CITY".
WILL-JOLIET
BICENTENNIAL PARK, INC."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1834
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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