Site of Blackwell's White House
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 57.652 W 089° 05.589
16S E 318642 N 4314517
The Colonel planned to make some money off the new state house across the street.
Waymark Code: WM4YVZ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2008
Views: 6
Marker Text:
SITE OF BLACKWELL'S
WHITE HOUSE
Colonel Robert Blackwell's new two-story frame store and boardinghouse opened on this site in time for the convening of the Ninth General Assembly on December 1, 1834. He advertised board and lodging for "thirty or forty."
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