Bryant House, 116 Wilson Street, Bement, Piatt County, IL
Summary
Significance: Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas met at this site to discuss the format for the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-58, FN-59, FN-61
Survey number: HABS IL-223
Building/structure dates: 1856 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001566
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Yost, Aaron
Douglas, Stephen A
Lincoln, Abraham
Location
bement, 39.92310, -88.57223
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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