• 847-362-2330
• Ansel B. Cook Home, 413 North Milwaukee Avenue, Libertyville, IL, USA

The Ansel B. Cook House was built by its namesake on the site of the first permanent dwelling in Libertyville.… Read More

• 217-678-8184
• 146 E Wilson St, Bement, IL, USA

Bryant Cottage was built in 1856 as the home of Francis E. Bryant, a local businessman and friend of Stephen… Read More

• 217-935-6066
• 219 East Woodlawn Street, Clinton, IL, USA

Construction was started on the C. H. Moore Homestead by John and Minerva Moore Bishop. Mr. Bishop was a prosperous… Read More

• 618-332-1782
• 107 Elm St, Cahokia, IL, USA

The Cahokia Courthouse was built as a residence around 1740, when present-day Illinois was a colony of France. In 1793… Read More

• 630-668-5161
• 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, IL, USA

The Museum is an historic house museum that depicts the country home of a family that made the Chicago Tribune… Read More

• 828-693-4178
• 331 East 3rd Street, Galesburg, IL, USA

The Carl Sandburg State Historic Site is the birthplace of Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Lincoln biographer,… Read More

• 815-875-2184
• 109 Park Avenue West, Princeton, IL 61356

The Clark Norris Home was built in 1900 as the retirement home for Samuel and Anne Clark. It is over… Read More

• 312-326-1480
• 1827 South Indiana Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

Built in 1836 for Henry B. Clarke, the Clarke House Museum is Chicago’s oldest house. The house shows what life… Read More

• 309-786-7336
• Colonel Davenport Historical House, Davenport Avenue, Rock Island, IL, USA

The Davenport House is historically important for several reasons. First, it reflects the growth in the prosperity of one man,… Read More

• 847-362-3042
• 1350 North Milwaukee Avenue, Vernon Hills, IL, USA

Construction on the Cuneo Mansion and Gardens began in 1908 and stopped during World War I. It was completed in… Read More

• 217-782-6773
• 301 East Lawrence Avenue, Springfield, IL, USA

The Dana-Thomas House (DTH) was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902 for Susan Lawrence Dana, a forward-thinking socialite living… Read More

• 308-828-1084
• 1000 Monroe Dr, Bloomington, IL, USA

On a flat stretch of Illinois prairie—where Yankee pioneers forged their frontier fortunes and Route 66 later carved a path… Read More

• 309-743-2701
• 817 11th Avenue, Moline, IL, USA

In 1872, John Deere's son, Charles, built the Deere-Wiman House for his wife, Mary Little Dickinson Deere, and their daughters,… Read More

• 815-622-6202
• 1005 East 3rd Street, Sterling, Illinois, USA

This 1857 home contains the original furnishings and accessories of P.W. Dillon. The carriage house displays local history exhibits. A… Read More

• 815-777-1250
• 220 Diagonal Street, Galena, IL, USA

Galena's oldest house, Dowling House, was built in 1826 by John Dowling. Built of limestone, it was once the only… Read More

• 630-552-0052
• 14520 River Road, Plano, IL 60545

The Edith Farnsworth House is located in Plano, Illinois just outside of Chicago. This Mies van der Rohe designed masterpiece… Read More

• 217-523-2631
• 700 North 4th Street, Springfield, IL, USA

The oldest home in Springfield on its original foundation, Edwards Place tells the story of Benjamin and Helen Edwards and… Read More

• 815-756-4609
• Ellwood House Museum, 420 Linden Place, DeKalb, IL, USA

The story of the Ellwood House reflects the central role of Isaac Ellwood in the development of the barbed wire… Read More

• 618-234-600
• 602 Fulton Street, Belleville, IL, USA

Built in 1851 for plasterer Jacob Krill and his wife Nancy, the Emma Kunz House stands as a prime example… Read More

• 847-475-3410
• 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL, USA

The Dawes House was built in 1894-5 on a two-acre lakeshore site. Designed in the style of French chateaux by… Read More

• 630-377-6424
• 1511 S Batavia Ave, Geneva, IL, USA

The Fabyan Villa was home to Colonel George and Nelle Fabyan from 1905-1939. Riverbank, the name they bestowed upon their… Read More

• 630-834-3152
• 16W680 Old Grand Avenue Bensenville IL 60106

Fischer Farm is one of the oldest remaining homesteads in DuPage County.  The Fischer family settled here in 1836, establishing… Read More

• 847-328-7500
• 1730 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL, USA

Built in 1865, and patterned after a design by Andrew J. Downing, this Evanston house was home to Frances Willard… Read More

• 708-848-1976
• 951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, IL, USA

The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (1889/1898) served as Wright's private residence and workplace from 1889 to 1909—the first… Read More

• 708-848-1976
• 5757 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA

The Robie House on the University of Chicago campus is considered one of the most important buildings in the history… Read More

• 815-777-9129
• 211 S Bench St, Galena, IL, USA

The 1858 Daniel A Barrows house was designed for Barrows by William Dennison, the architect who designed the U.S. Grant… Read More

• 312-326-1397
• 1800 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL, USA

The Glessner family lived in this house for fifty years, through the rise and decline of the Prairie Avenue neighborhood.… Read More

• 217-222-1835
• 425 South 12th Street, Quincy, IL, USA

The home is headquarters for the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County. Read More

• 217-429-9422
• 421 W William St, Decatur, IL, USA

Governor Oglesby had the Mansion built around 1874. The highlight of the Mansion's history is a visit by former Civil… Read More

• 815-472-6601
• 117 North Dixie Highway, Momence, IL, USA

The Graham Historic House and Museum is a special attraction to residents and visitors who appreciate the preservation of our… Read More

• 815-224-6543
• 1307 7th Street, La Salle, IL, USA

Completed in 1876, this stately Second Empire masterpiece is a National Landmark. Designed by W. W. Boyington, architect of the… Read More

• 217-423-7708
• 3939 Nearing Lane, Decatur, IL, USA

Joseph Trobaugh from Tennessee, his wife Elizabeth born in Illinois and their family were the first known occupants of the… Read More

• 312-413-5353
• Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL, USA

Hull-House, Chicago's first social settlement was not only the private home of Jane Addams and other Hull-House residents, but also… Read More

• 309-674-1921
• 942 NE Glen Oak Ave

Known in its day as "The Manse on the Hill", Flanagan is the oldest standing residence in Peoria, is virtually… Read More

• 815-652-4551
• 8334 S Clinton St, Dixon, Grand Detour, IL, USA

In 1836, John Deere, a blacksmith recently transplanted from Vermont, set up shop in the small Rock River town of… Read More

• 815-756-7904
• 921 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL, USA

The Joseph F. Glidden Homestead & Historical Center includes a home and brick barn built in 1861, by Joseph F.… Read More

• 217-492-4241
• 413 South 8th Street, Springfield, IL, USA

The house that would become the future Lincoln Home was built in 1839 for the Reverend Charles Dresser. Dresser actually… Read More

• 618-283-4866
• 621 W St Clair St, Vandalia, IL, USA

Josephine Burtschi, local artist and historian, was born in this house. In 1956 she purchased the house and started restoring… Read More

• 217-422-4919
• 5580 North Fork Road, Decatur, IL, USA

The three acre complex includes galleries and a historic prairie village. Read More

• 618-734-201
• 2700 Washington Ave, Cairo, IL, USA

Charles A. Galigher was a prominent citizen of Cairo and a milling merchant, who accumulated a fortune by selling flour… Read More

• 630-420-6010
• 523 South Webster Street, Naperville, IL, USA

The 13 acre museum village has 25 historic buildings and costumed docents to explain them all. Read More

• 309-674-1921
• 1212 West Moss Avenue, Peoria, IL, USA

This eleven room historical home museum contains a unique collection of objects from several Peoria families. Upon the death of… Read More

• 618-859-3031
• 4230 Kaskaskia Rd, Ellis Grove, IL, USA

The two-story ca. 1815 home is an unusually fine example of French Creole-style architecture, built into gently sloping land at… Read More

• 708-383-2654

Pleasant Home is a national architectural treasure, designed in 1897 by prominent Prairie Style architect George W. Maher for investment… Read More

• 815-433-6100
• 100 W Lafayette St, Ottawa, IL, USA

Built in 1856 for William Reddick. The Architects William B. Olmsted and Peter Nicholson designed a striking combination of brick… Read More

• 312-482-8933
• 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL, USA

Steps away from Chicago's Magnificent Mile, the Driehaus Museum offers visitors a fascinating view of the Samuel M. Nickerson Mansion,… Read More

• 815-232-8419
• 1440 South Carrol Avenue, Freeport, IL, USA

The Stephenson County Historical Society's collection is housed in the former home of Oscar and Malvina Snow Taylor. The Taylors… Read More

• 217-782-6450
• South 5th Street & East Jackson Street, Springfield, IL, USA

The Illinois Executive Mansion is the third-oldest, continuously occupied Governor's home in the nation. Seven Presidents, including Lincoln, have been… Read More

• 765-648-6875
• 626 Main Street, Anderson, IN, USA

This three story Second Empire style house was built in 1860. Living history tours present the house as it was… Read More

• 217-422-9003
• 125 North Pine Street, Decatur, IL, USA

The former residence of James and Anna Millikin, founders of Millikin University, Millikin Bank, and Millikin Estate Trust. Construction of… Read More

• 815-964-2424
• 411 Kent St, Rockford, IL, USA

Rockford, Illinois businessman Robert Hall Tinker built the home in 1865, perching it high on a limestone bluff overlooking Kent… Read More

• 815-777-3310
• 500 Bouthillier Street, Galena, IL, USA

The Italianate structure known as the U. S. Grant Home was built in 1859-60 as a residence by Alexander J.… Read More

• 217-442-2922
• 116 North Gilbert Street, Danville, IL, USA

Built in 1855, the house has been restored and furnished in the Victorian style. Abraham Lincoln made a speech from… Read More

• 618-234-600
• 701 E Washington St, Belleville, IL, USA

Built in 1866, the Victorian House Museum recreates an upper middle class house in late nineteenth century. Situated in historic… Read More

• 847-336-1859
• 1917 North Sheridan Road, Waukegan, IL, USA

The Waukegan Historical Society’s headquarters is the Waukegan History Museum located in beautiful Bowen Park. The Museum is the former… Read More