Illinois
Addison
Addison Historical Museum
135 Army Trail Road
Addison IL 60101
Phone 630 628-1433
Web Site http://www.addisonlinks.org/ahm/hist1.html
Description local history in relocated house & coach house/town clerk's office
Type of Resource
House Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Era 1892
Alton
Koenig House
829 East Fourth Street
Alton IL 62002
Phone 618 463-1795
Web Site http://www.greatriverroad.com/Cities/Alton/Koenig.htm
E-mail AltonMuseum@yahoo.com
Description
Type of Resource
House Museum
Research /Reading Library
Era 1887
Illinois
Belleville
Emma Kunz House Museum
602 Fulton Street
Belleville IL
Phone 618 234-0600
Web Site http://www.villageprofile.com/illinois/belleville/belleville2.html - arts
Description earliest dated brick house in Illinois
Type of Resource
House Museum
Group Identity German
Era 1830
Victorian House Museum
701 East Washington Street
Belleville IL
Phone 618 234-0600
Web Site http://www.villageprofile.com/illinois/belleville/belleville2.html - arts
Description locally made
furnishings, vintage clothing, quilts
Type of Resource
House Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Research /Reading Library
Era 1866
Owner/Operator: St Clair County Historical Society
IL
Bement
Bryant
Cottage State Historic Site
146 East Wilson Street
Bement
IL
61813
Phone
217 678-8184
Web Site
www.bement.com/bryant.htm
Alt Web
http://www.nps.gov/archive/liho/link3.htm
Description
where Lincoln and Stephen Douglas met to plan
their debates
Type of
Resource House Museum
Primary
Focus
President
Nature of
Group or Site
Government
Industry
/Profession
Politics
Era
1856
New or
Updated: 12/17/2006
Blandinsville
Blandin House Museum
215 South Chestnut
PO Box 253
Blandinsville IL 61420
Phone 309 652-3673
Web Site
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Alt Web http://www.makeitmacomb.com/attractions.html
Description
Type of Resource House Museum
New or Updated: 04/23/2003
Illinois
Bourbonnais
George R Letourneu Home Museum
Route 102
Bourbonnais IL 60914
Phone 815 933-6452
Web Site http://www.museum.siu.edu/university_museum/museum_classroom_grant/M
useum_Explorers/school_pages/bourbonnais2/index.htm
Description home of town's first mayor, relocated, restored, and now housing local
historical society
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Owner/Operator: Bourbonnais Grove Historical Society
New or Updated: 04/24/2003
Cairo
Magnolia Manor
2700 Washington Avenue
Cairo IL
Phone 618 734-0201
Web Site http://www.southernmostillinois.com/Attractions/sites_Alexander_CairoMagnolia.html
Description 14 room mansion of Charles Galigher, furnished with period items
Type of Resource
House Museum
Era 1869
Illinois
Charleston
Dudley House
895 7th Street
Charleston IL
Phone 217 345-2934
Web Site www.charlestontourism.org/historic.html
Description Queen Anne style house
Type of Resource
House Museum
Era 1920-1940
Chenoa
Matthew T Scott House
227 North 1st Ave
Chenoa IL 61726
Phone 815 945-4555
Web Site
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Alt Web http://chs1972.homestead.com/ScottHouse.html
Description home of agriculturalist and daughter Julia Green, a founder of the DAR
Type of Resource House Museum
Era 1855
New or Updated: 05/09/2003
Illinois
Chicago
Charnley-Persky
House
1365 N Astor
Street
Chicago IL 60610
Phone
312 573-1365
Web Site
http://www.sah.org/Charnley_House/Charnley-Persky-Home.htm
Description
designed by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, important modern design
Type of Resource
House Museum
Primary Focus
Famous People
Field of
Study/Science Facility
Architecture
New or Updated:
05/21/2003
Chicago
Clarke House Museum
1827 South Indiana Avenue
Chicago IL 60616
Phone 312 745-0040
Web Site http://www.ci.chi.il.us/CulturalAffairs/ClarkeHouse/ClarkeHouse.html
E-mail clarkehouse@interaccess.com
Description oldest remaining house in city, moved to site as part of historic house district
Type of Resource
House Museum
Field of Study/Science Facility Architecture
Era 1836
Illinois
Glessner House Museum
1800 South Prairie Avenue
Chicago IL 60616
Phone 312 326-1480
Web Site
http://www.glessnerhouse.org/
Description mansion designed by HH Richardson
Type of Resource
House Museum
Field of Study/Science Facility Architecture
Era 1887
Robie House
5757 S Woodlawn Ave
Chicago IL 60637
Phone 708
848-1976
Web Site www.nthp.org
Description Frank Lloyd Wright
Type of Resource
House Museum
Field of Study/Science Facility Architecture |
