The Odd Fellows Building

Historical marker location:

213 South Main Street, Waterloo, Illinois

( Marker is on South Main Street just south of West 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2016

202 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.