Grant Park

Historical marker location:

511 South Columbia Drive, Chicago, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of South Columbia Drive and East Congress Parkway on South Columbia Drive.)

Buckingham Fountain. Architect: Bennett, Parsons and Frost Engineer: Jacques Lambert Sculptor: Marcel François Layau.

The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1955. The restaurant was designed to be a drive-in, but it quickly became popular with families and eventually evolved into the fast-food chain we know today.