LaSalle City Hall-1906

Historical marker location:

745 2nd Street, LaSalle, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of 2nd Street and Joliet Street (Illinois Route 351), on the right when traveling west on 2nd Street.)

Marker installed: 2003

745 Second Street

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.