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Illinois
Utica
LaSalle County Historical Society
Mill & Canal Street
PO Box 278
Utica IL 61373
Phone 815 667-4861
Web Site
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Description local historical society in historic stone warehouse along canal
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Commercial
Watseka
Old Court House Museum
103 West Cherry St
Watseka IL 60970
Phone 815 432-2215
Web Site http://www.bdrak.com/ichs/museum.html
E-mail mailto:ichs@capstonebank.com
Description period rooms of back porch, Victorian parlor, general store, post office: jail, performance space in former courtroom
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Courthouse
Era 1866
Owner/Operator: Iroquois County Historical Society
Illinois
Wauconda
Lake County Discovery Museum IL
Route 176 & Fairfield Road
Wauconda IL 60084
Phone 847 968-3400
Web Site http://www.lakecountydiscoverymuseum.org/
Description Vortex Roller Coaster theatre,
huge collection of postcards
from former Chicago postcard printer , children's see and touch
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Collection N-Z Postcards
New or Updated: 03/31/2003
West Chicago
West Chicago City Museum
132 Main Street
West Chicago IL 60185
Phone 630 231-3376
Web Site http://www.westchicago.org/
Description local history with emphasis on railroading past
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type City Hall
Collection N-Z Photography
Research /Reading Library
Era 1884
Illinois
West Frankfort
Frankfort Area Historical Museum
2000 E St Louis Street
West
Frankfort
IL
62896
Phone
618 932-6159
Web Site
http://www.rendlake.com/pages/local/historical.htm-franklin
Description
early Franklin County history with a mural
portraying 1802-1976, in former
school
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Local History
Building Type
Schoolhouse
Collection
N-Z
Quilts
New or
Updated:
08/11/2003
Western Springs
Tower Museum
916 Hillgrove Avenue
Western
Springs
IL
60558
Phone
708 246-9230
Web Site
http://www.wsprings.com/histor%7E1.htm
Alt Web
http://www.fnblagrange.com/pages/pg_ws_tower.htm
Description
museum in 112 foot water tower, exhibits on
floors 1&2, children's
museum on 3,
office & archives in Grand Avenue School
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Local History
Building Type
Water Tower
Research
/Reading
Archives
Era
1892
Owner/Operator:
Western Springs Historical Society
New or Updated:
08/11/2003 |
