First Home in Elgin - Elgin, IL
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cldisme
N 42° 02.069 W 088° 16.409
16T E 394589 N 4654389
A plaque and boulder mark the location of the first home in Elgin, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WMAZKB
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2011
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This small plaque is historic all by itself since it was installed on May 12, 1886 - the fiftieth anniversary of the Congregational Church.
Located in Davidson Park, it provides directions to find the location of the first log cabin in Elgin, Illinois. With an arrow etched in the boulder, the plaque reads:
One hundred feet from this spot stood
JAMES T. GIFFORD'S
log house, the first home in Elgin built in the Spring of 1835, where was organized the First Congregational Church May 12, 1836, of the following members.
George McClure
Sarah McClure
Julia McClure
Philo Hatch
Reuben Jenne
Ruth G. Dixon
Experience Gifford
James T. Gifford
Mary Ann Kimball
Relief Kimball
Laura Gifford
Placed May 12, 1886.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 03/23/1835
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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