Deidesheimer's Dry Goods Store

Historical marker location:

28 E Main St, Belleville, Illinois

( Marker is on East Main Street west of High Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2014

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.