category : Historic Libraries
The Galena Public Library was endowed by the Felt Family and built in 1907 in the Greek Revival style. The reading room features a mosaic fireplace in a wisteria pattern, done in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School of Architecture.

Hours: M-Th: 11am-8pm F-S: 11am-5pm. Closed major holidays.
Address: 601 S. Bench St.
Phone: 815-777-0200
Wheelchair Accessible Facility

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Galena/Jo Daviess County History Museum

Housed in the 1858 Daniel A. Barrows mansion where much of the home's original detail still exists, the museum exhibits include Civil War, mining, steamboating, clothing, geology, dolls, toys. Original 1830

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Galena Cellars Vineyard Tasting Room

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Ulysses S. Grant Home State Historic Site

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Old Stockade on the Cobblestone Street

See and hear of Galena's earliest Indian trader and how his building served Galena since the mid-1820

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Galena Birding

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Galena Public Library and Historic Collection

The Galena Public Library was endowed by the Felt Family and built in 1907 in the Greek Revival style. The reading room featu...