Spire Section

Historical marker location:

332 South Maine Street, Quincy, Illinois

( Marker is on South 4th Street (Route 57) just south of Maine Street (U.S. 24), on the left when traveling north.)

First United Presbyterian Church, 1879.

Illinois was the first state in the country to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery. The amendment was ratified by Illinois on February 1, 1865, before it was ratified by any other state.