Aurora Historical Society Building - Aurora, Illinois
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BruceS
N 41° 45.818 W 088° 19.085
16T E 390435 N 4624372
Quick Description: Historic Italianate styled house now a museum in Aurora, Illinois.
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 3/28/2008 8:39:06 AM
Waymark Code: WM3F95
Views: 43
Long Description:
From Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide -
Aurora section:
The AURORA HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING, Oak Ave, at Cedar
St., was a gift to the city from the daughters of W.A. Tanner,
early settler. Built in 1857, the 17-room house contains a
grandfather's clock, Aurora's first piano, and other pieces of
early furniture brought by boat from Buffalo to Chicago and then
hauled overland to Aurora. Home utensils, ornaments, intimate
letters, and other exhibits are arranged throughout the rooms to
portray, in a warmly personal terms, living conditions of early
days. There is an excellent collection of pioneer portraits,
an original Lincoln letter, and a group of legal documents and
memoirs of local historical significance.
The house continues to be as described in the Guide. The
house is operated as a museum by the Aurora Historical Society as
it has since it was donated to them in 1936. The house is
open May - December, Mondays and Saturdays 12:00 pm - 4:00
pm. Admission is: Adults, $3.00, Students &
Seniors, $1.50.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1976.
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