The Stephenson County Courthouse in Freeport, Illinois

Status: demolished. View photo on right for a more recent view of the Civil War Monument

As in many other counties across the country, the Stephenson County Courthouse is the site for important memorials and monuments. The Civil War Soldiers Monument on the southwest corner was dedicated in 1871. It is made of Joliet marble with a twelve foot square base and is eighty-three feet high.

Stephenson County civil war monument today