Historical Marker
The Küenster Building
Historical marker location:
123 South Main Street, Waterloo, Illinois
( Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street and West 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street.)
Marker installed: 2016
123 South Main. Waterloo, Monroe Co. Ill., Laid Out in 1818.
The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893. The fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World, and it attracted over 27 million visitors from around the world.