William B. Parker, attorney partner

William B. Parker was a Tazewell County attorney in Abraham Lincoln's day who had his law office at this site. Lincoln partnered with Parker in many cases.

The accompanying image is of an early 1870s business card showing the location of the law office. By that time, the law practice had passed to William B. Parker's son William E. Parker. A second image is from an 1877 aerial view of Pekin, looking toward the south. The building where Parker had his law office was located on the south side of Court Street -- at about the center of this image.