Historical Marker
Engine House #5
Historical marker location:
199-293 SW 2nd St, Atlanta, Illinois
( Marker can be reached from 1st Street south of NW Race Street.)
The J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator Museum.
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.