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	Building Collection Idaho - Kansas
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powered by FreeFind Search this site	Idaho Donnelly Long Valley Museum 13131 FM Road PO Box 444 Donnelly ID 83615 Phone 208 325-8383 Web Site *** Alt Web http://www.idahomountainproperties.com/AreaInfo.htm Description local building gathered at one time site of town of Roseberry, General store building open Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building collection Building Type Store Industry /Profession Farming Collection N-Z Tools Group Identity Finnish New or Updated: 05/11/2003 Idaho Emmett Gem County Museum 501 E 1st St Emmett ID 83617 Phone 208 365-9530 Alt Phone 208 365-4340 Web Site www.gemcohs.org/ E-mail gemcohs@bigskytel.com Description Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus:** Building Collection	Google
powered by FreeFind Search this site	Idaho McCall Central Idaho Cultural Center 1001 State Street Box 1761 McCall ID 83638 Phone 208 634-4497 Web Site http://www.visitid.org/database/action.lasso?-database=Attractions&-layout=web99&-response=detail_itc_it.html&-recordID=34215&-search E-mail mailto:ciccmuse@ctcweb.net Description eight buildings, three French log, 5 built by CCC in 1936, used as a fire warden headquarters, now interprets Idaho forest and history Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection	Google
	Idaho Murphy Owyhee County Museum & Library PO Box 67 Murphy ID 83650 Phone 208 495-2319 Web Site *** Alt Web http://owyheecounty.net/museum/index.htm Description homestead cabin, stamp mill, depot, one-room schoolhouse Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection Research or Reading** Library
	Illinois Arlington Heights Arlington Heights Historical Museum 110 W Fremont Street Arlington Heights IL 60004 Phone 847 255-1225 Web Site http://www.ahmuseum.org/ E-mail mailto:ahmuseum@ahpd.org Description local history complex includes 1882 house, 1908 house, replica log cabin, and 1906 soda pop factory Building Type Factory Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection Collection A-F Dolls Collection G-M Models Collection N-Z Tools Era 1900
	Illinois Decatur Macon County Outdoor Museum 5580 North Fork Road Decatur IL 52521 Phone 217 422-4919 Web Site http://www.decaturnet.org/heritage/details.html Description 1830 courthouse, schoolhouse, houses, museum, Lincoln Library Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection Owner/Operator: Macon County Historical Society
	IL Franklin Grove Chaplin Creek Village PO Box 20 Franklin Grove IL 61031 Phone 815 456-2382 Web Site http://www.chaplincreek.com/ E-mail mailto:info@chaplincreek.com Description 19th century crossroads village being created as original structures are relocated from surrounding area Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Owner/Operator: Franklin Grove Historical Society New or Updated: 7/5/2007 IL Kankakee Kankakee County Historical Society Museum 801 South 8th Avenue Kankakee IL 60901 Phone 815 932-5279 Web Site http://www.kankakeecountymuseum.com/ Description local history in three buildings - museum, school, boyhood home of Gov. Len Small, George Gray Barnard sculpture Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Building Type Schoolhouse Collection N-Z Sculpture New or Updated: 7/20/2007 Illinois Lisle Lisle Station Park 915-925 School Street Lisle IL 60532 Phone 630 968-2747 Web Site http://www.lisleparkdistrict.org/lislestationpark.htm Description 1874 depot, 1830 farmhouse, 1830 tavern, CB&Q railroad Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Building Type Depot Owner/Operator: Lisle Park District New or Updated: 06/29/2003
	Illinois Lockport Will County Historical Society Pioneer Settlement 100 W Ninth Street Lockport IL Phone 815 838-5080 Web Site *** Description Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus:** Building Collection
	IL Nauvoo Joseph Smith Historic Center 149 Water Street MAIL PO Box 338 Nauvoo IL 62354 Phone 217 453-2246 Web Site http://www.cofchrist.org/js/ E-mail mailto:jshisctr@nauvoo.net Alt Web http://www.beautifulnauvoo.com/site/visit.cfm?PT=2 Description tells the LDS story in Nauvoo with walking tours, exhibits in visitor center, film, owns several properties Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building collection Group Identity Latter Day Saints Era 1840 Owner/Operator: Community of Christ New or Updated: 07/12/2003 Illinois Union McHenry County Museum and Historical Society 6422 Main Street PO Box 434 Union IL 60180 Phone 815 923-2267 Web Site http://www.mchsonline.org/ Description 1847 log cabin, 1885 town hall, 1895 school, 20th century tourist cabin Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus: Building Collection Research or Reading Library

	IN Huntington Historic Forks of the Wabash Historic Park US 24 & SR 9 PO Box 261 Huntington IN 46750 Phone 260 356-1903 Web Site http://www.historicforks.org/ E-mail mailto:info@historicforks.com Alt Web http://www.visithuntington.org/group/forks.htm Description 1840 Chief's House, headquarters for the Miami, school, log cabin, visitors center & museum, school, log house Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Group Identity Native American New or Updated: 7/18/2006 IN Madison Historic Madison, Inc 500 West St Madison IN 47250 Phone 812 265-2967 Web Site http://www.historicmadisoninc.com/ Description 8 historic properties, including 2 churches, garden, factory, doctor's office & hospital Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection New or Updated: 5/13/2006 IN Perrysville Skinner Farm Village Address Perrysville IN Phone Web Site http://skinnervillage.eshire.net/index.html E-mail mailto:nskinner@k-inc.com Description original local buildings collected on farm which has belonged to the same family for 150 years Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Collection New or Updated: 5/17/2004
	KS Geuda Springs Post Musical Homestead Highway 166 Geuda Springs KS Phone 620 442-4336 Web Site http://www.sckstourism.com/counties/places/postmusical.html Description 6 buildings, many more than 100 years old feature musical information about the Post family Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Industry /Profession Music New or Updated: 12/16/2003 KS Great Bend Barton County Historical Museum & Village 85 S US Highway 281 Great Bend KS 67530 Phone 620 793-5125 Web Site http://www.bartoncountymuseum.org/ Description 10 buildings including school, church, blacksmith shop, depot, post office, house Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Collection A-F Dolls Group Identity Native American New or Updated: 7/8/2005 KS Lenexa Legler Barn Museum 14907 W 87th St Pky Lenexa KS 66215 Phone 913 492-0038 Web Site http://www.ci.lenexa.ks.us/parks/leglerbarn.html Description barn, depot, waiting station, Prairie Schooner, caboose Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Owner/Operator: City of Lenexa New or Updated: 11/30/2004 KS Oberlin Last Indian Raid Museum 258 S Penn Oberlin KS 67749 Phone 785 475-2712 Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksdclirm/ E-mail mailto:lirm@sbcglobal.net Description 11 buildings, mostly furnished, gathered from around county, video about last Indian Raid in Kansas, 1878; Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection New or Updated: 8/31/2007 KS Sabetha Albany Museum Sixth Street, Hwy 75 PO Box 62 Sabetha KS 66534 Phone 785 284-2694 Alt Phone 785 284-3613 Web Site http://www.skyways.org/towns/Sabetha/museums.htm Description original school, other buildings moved to site including depot with operating patrol car on track loop, post office, cabin, machinery shed, blacksmith shop, print shop, additional school Type of Resource Historic Place Primary Focus Building Collection Collection N-Z Windmill New or Updated: 7/4/2006 KS Salina Yesteryear Museum 1100 W Diamond Road Salina KS 67401 Phone 785 825-8473 Web Site http://www.yesteryearmuseum.com/ E-mail mailto:ckf@yesteryearmuseum.com Description farm implements & rural life, living history & reenactment events Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Kind of Activity Living History Industry /Profession Farming Collection G-M Machinery New or Updated: 12/5/2005
	KY Frankfort Kentucky Historical Society 100 West Broadway Street Frankfort KY 40601 Phone 502 564-1792 Web Site http://history.ky.gov/ Toll Free 877 444-7867 E-mail mailto:KHS@ky.gov Description state museum has three facilities -- History Center, Old State Capitol, Military History, highway marker, oral history & folk life programs Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Collection Building Type Capitol Field of Study/Science Facility Oral History Research Library New or Updated: 4/19/2006 KY Hardinsburg Breckenridge County Historical Society 309 Main St PO Box 745 Hardinsburg KY 80424 Phone 970 453-9022 Web Site http://www.summithistorical.org/ Description more than 15 sites, including gold dredge, offers many tours Type of Resource Preservation Primary Focus Building Collection Group Identity Native American New or Updated: 6/8/2005
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