Jacksonville City Historical Markers

Map of Illinois State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Jacksonville

Jacksonville City Historical Markers

Jacksonville Schools

College Building

On this site stood the College Building, built in 1832. With a capacity of over 100, the main four-story brick structure, 100 by 40 feet, served as a ... [click for more]

Illinois College

Founded in 1829 by Presbyterian and Congregational ministers, it was the first college in Illinois to graduate a class. The first graduate was Richard... [click for more]

Jacksonville General Interest

Barton Warren Stone (1772-1844)

A leading figure of the 19th-century “Stone-Campbell”Restoration movement, Barton Warren Stone owned and lived on this farm from 1838 to... [click for more]

Big Eli Wheel #17

I have discovered the machine I want to design and build, a portable 'Ferris Wheel'', W.E. Sullivan, 1893. A young man's dream bec... [click for more]

First Illinois State Hospital for the Insane

Miss Dorothea Dix in her 'memorial to the Senate and House of the Representatives of Illinois' urged their serious consideration of the affl... [click for more]

Greene Vardiman Black

G.V. Black, 'Father of Modern Dentistry,' was born in 1836 on a farm near Winchester, Illinois. He studied medicine and dentistry and in 185... [click for more]

Jacksonville, Illinois

Jacksonville, county seat of Morgan County, was founded in 1825 and named for Andrew Jackson. It was a contender for the state capitol in 1837.
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New Method Book Bindery

New Method later specialized in “pre-binding”books, using special materials and processes to make new children's boo... [click for more]

The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company

The site of the Farmers State Bank and Trust Company Building, formerly known as the Ayers National Bank Building, has been associated with banking lo... [click for more]