225 W First Street

Historical marker location:

225 W 1st St, O'Fallon, Illinois

( Marker is on West 1st Street west of South Cherry Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2006

Main Street O'Fallon Landmark Award. Presented 2006.

The first televised presidential debate in history was held in Illinois in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. The debate was held at the studios of CBS in Chicago and was watched by an estimated 70 million people.