The Braun Property

Historical marker location:

212 South Main Street, Waterloo, Illinois

( Marker is on South Main Street north of East 4th Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2017

212 South Main. Waterloo, Monroe Co. Ill., Laid Out in 1818.

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.