Lake View High School

Historical marker location:

4000 North Ashland Road, Chicago, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of North Ashland Road and West Irving Park Road on North Ashland Road.)

Marker installed: 1937

Abraham Lincoln, one of the most famous presidents in U.S. history, spent much of his early political career in Illinois. He served in the Illinois state legislature and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois in 1846.