Weise & Bradford Store - Greenville, Illinois
Posted by: gparkes
N 38° 53.575 W 089° 24.803
16S E 290693 N 4307662
This marker can be found on building, along the county courthouse square.
Waymark Code: WM75KP
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2009
Views: 10
Marker text:
Weise & Bradford Store
1879
On this northwest corner of the square, the former Hotel Eureka (better known as the Franklin House) once stood. It served as the old stage coach house and was “the best house in town, two stories high, with a double porch on the front, and withal a fine building for those days.” Lincoln stopped at this hotel when he visited Greenville in 1858 during the Lincoln and Douglas campaign.
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