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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZH_village-of-plainfield_Plainfield-IL.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RV0_the-lincoln-highway-the-nations-first-coast-to-coast-highway_Plainfield-IL.html
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,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUZ_interurban-transportation_Plainfield-IL.html
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 technol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUW_great-american-crossroads-in-illinois_Plainfield-IL.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUV_caboose_Plainfield-IL.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUM_boxcars_Plainfield-IL.html
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 ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUL_the-development-of-downtown-plainfield_Plainfield-IL.html
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 intersection o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUH_e-j-e-depot-no-4_Plainfield-IL.html
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 line…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RU5_downtown-historic-district_Plainfield-IL.html
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 o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RU2_masonic-block-building-landmark_Plainfield-IL.html
Designed by - John Edward Minott
Built by - Plainfield Lodge No. 536 -
A. F. & A. M.