Historical Marker
Downtown Historic District
Historical marker location:
24050 Lockport Street, Plainfield, Illinois
( Marker is at the intersection of Lockport Street and Des Plaines Street, on the right when traveling west on Lockport Street.)
National Register of Historic Places - 2013. Plainfield Historic Preservation Commission.
Abraham Lincoln, one of the most famous presidents in U.S. history, spent much of his early political career in Illinois. He served in the Illinois state legislature and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois in 1846.