Historical Marker
Waterloo City Hall
Historical marker location:
100 West 4th Street, Waterloo, Illinois
( Marker is on West 4th Street (Illinois Route 156) just east of South Church Street (Illinois Route 156), on the left when traveling west.)
Waterloo, Monroe Co., Ill., Laid out in 1818.
The famous Route 66, one of the first highways in the U.S., passed through Illinois. The highway, which stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, was a popular route for tourists and truckers and played an important role in American culture and history.