Benjaminville Friends Meeting House
County: McLean
Location: .5 mile south of IL 9, 8 miles east of
Bloomington
Erected: 05/12/1995 Erected by:
Illinois History Club of Lexington High School and The Illinois State
Historical Society
Benjaminville was founded in the 1850's by Quaker farmers looking for
rich prairie soil on which to grow their wheat. The Friends Meeting
House, built in 1874, has changed little sicnce then. The adjacent
Buriel Ground is divided into two sections: one for Quakers and a
second for non-Quakers. When the expected Lake Erie Railroad went
elsewhere, the town eventually died. The Meeting House and Buriel
Ground are all that remain of Benjaminville. The site was placed on
the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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