Places to walk to and shed the Chocolate Calories
Carl Sandburg State Historic Site
- 331 E 3rd St, Galesburg IL
- 309-342-2361
Sandburg facts:
- born Galesburg, IL in 1878
- won Pulitzer Prize for multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln
- poet
- author of children's stories
- died Flat Rock, NC in 1967
Old Main - Knox College
- South St, Galesburg IL
- 309-343-0112
- built 1857 in American Gothic Revival architecture
- only remaining site of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858
- National Landmark
Knox County Court House
- 200 S Cherry St, Galesburg IL
- 309-343-3121
- erected 1884-6
- Romanesque
Browning Mansion
- 325 N Kellogg St, Galesburg IL
- 309-344-2839
- built 1858 in Italianate style
- after 1886 addition of bays, dormers and gingerbread converted style to Victorian
- restoration begun in 1975 by Galesburg Historical Society
Galesburg Civic Art Center
- 14 E Main St, Galesburg IL
- exhibitions
- artist gallery shop
- educational programs
- Art in the Park '95 - Artwork and Fine Crafts Fair - July 15, 1995
Central Congregational Church
- Central Sq, Galesburg IL
- 309-343-5145
- Richardson Romanesque
- built 1898 of Michigan red sandstone
- National Register of Historic Places
- site of the Old First Church founded by original settlers of Galesburg
Orpheum Theatre
- 57 S Kellogg St, Galesburg IL
- 309-342-2299
- Originally opened in 1916 as a vaudeville house
- continues under Prairie Players Civic Theatre
Illinois Citizen Soldier Museum
- Admiral James Stockdale Building, 1001 Michigan Ave, Galesburg IL
- 309-342-1181
- artifacts from War of 1812 through Desert Storm
Galesburg Railroad Museum
- Seminary and Mulberry St, Galesburg IL
- 309-342-9400
- 1930 Locomotive #3006
- Railway Post Office #1495 - Railway Express Agency
- 1930 Caboose #13501
- 1954 Inspection Cars #14050 and #14230
- 1923 Pullman Parlor Car houses museum artifacts
Seminary Street Historic Commercial District
- downtown Galesburg IL
- Two blocks of restored buildings
- Specialty shops
- Unique restaurants
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