Historical Marker
Masonic Temple
Historical marker location:
923 Curtiss Street, Downers Grove, Illinois
( Marker is at the intersection of Curtiss Street and Washington Street, on the right when traveling east on Curtiss Street.)
Marker installed: 2011
A Downers Grove Historic Site. 1924.
The first televised presidential debate in history was held in Illinois in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The debate was held at the studios of CBS in Chicago and was watched by an estimated 70 million people.