Marker Erected by: the White County Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society.
Date Marker Erected: 1965.
County of Marker: White County.
Location of Marker: 206 E. Main St., Carmi.
Marker Text:
RATCLIFF INN
This building was erected in 1828 by James Ratcliff. Nicknamed "Old Beaver" because of his energy, he was a founder of Carmi (1816), an Inn-keeper, merchant, and postmaster, and White County's first clerk, recorder, and probate judge. Abraham Lincoln lodged here in 1840. The Inn was restored in 1960.