The Garretson Home

Historical marker location:

229 South Main Street, Waterloo, Illinois

( Marker is on South Main Street just north of East 4th Street (Illinois Route 156), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2016

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

Illinois was the first state in the country to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery. The amendment was ratified by Illinois on February 1, 1865, before it was ratified by any other state.