Mount Pulaski Court House marker - Mt. Pulaski, IL
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adgorn
N 40° 00.545 W 089° 17.096
16T E 304974 N 4431265
Marker in front of Mount Pulaski Courthouse, which was built in 1848 and served as the Logan County seat until 1855. Attorney Abraham Lincoln regularly argued cases in the second-floor courtroom.
Waymark Code: WMCGRQ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2011
Views: 2
Marker Text, from the Illinois State Historical Society site at (
visit link) :
"Mount Pulaski served as the seat of Logan County from 1848 to 1853. The first county court was at Postville, now part of Lincoln, Illinois. In 1848, Logan County voters approved the removal of the court from Postville to Mount Pulaski. Local citizens raised $2,700 toward the construction of this building. Among those attending court here were Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, Lyman Trumbull, and David Davis. In 1853, the County Seat was moved by legislation to Lincoln. The Mount Pulaski Court House was then used as a school house, later as the City Hall, and, finally, as the Post Office. The State of Illinois acquired the building in 1936."
Erected by the Illinois Department of Conservation and the Illinois State Historical Society, 1979.
Mt. Pulaski does a nice job commemorating Lincoln.
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