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Plainfield, Illinois was founded in August 1834 by Chester Ingersoll, who platted a town just north of the 1828 settlement of Walker's Corners. In December that year, Levi Arnold bought the land directly north of Ingersoll's and began to subdivide it; this area would later become the historic district.
Plainfield is a village in Will and Kendall counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 44,762 at the 2020 census . The village includes land in Will County's Plainfield and Wheatland townships, as well as Na-Au-Say and Oswego townships in Kendall County.
This list of museums in Illinois contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Residents of Plainfield Fort Beggs was an impromptu fort used one week in May during the 1832 Black Hawk War . [ 1 ] Word about Indian attacks and massacres from the frontier led the residents of Plainfield, Illinois to convert the house of Rev. Stephen R. Beggs (1801–1895) [ 2 ] into a makeshift fort. [ 3 ]
Two other museums of interest in Pontiac are the International Walldog Mural and Sign Art Museum [37] and the Pontiac–Oakland Museum. [38] The newest Route 66 museum is the Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center, which opened in 2012 across from the Ariston Cafe. This museum houses an extensive history of the city of Litchfield and ...
A 19th century flag disrupts leadership at an Illinois museum and prompts a state investigation. JOHN O'CONNOR. May 26, 2024 at 12:45 AM.
This is a list of properties and districts in Illinois that are on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 1,900 in total. There are over 1,900 in total. Of these, 85 are National Historic Landmarks .
The Plainfield Halfway House is a historic building in Plainfield, Illinois. Plainfield was first settled in the 1820s by a group seeking to convert the local Pottawatomie to Christianity. Squire L. F. Arnold, the first postmaster of Plainfield, owned the tract of land on which the building stands.