Recreates the period of history from 1870 to 1900 with period furhishings.
Admission: Free
Hours: June, Saturday and Sunday: 2pm-4pm, or by appointment.
Address: 117 N. Dixie
Phone: 815-472-4414
Come visit us in Kankakee, Illinois
Recreates the period of history from 1870 to 1900 with period furhishings.
Kankakee, IL Historic HomesDisplays of running model trains and memorabilia. See large running model train displays and railroad memorabilia within Kankakee's restored train depot. Features a scale model of Kankakee and its trains as they looked in the 1950's. A life-size, 1947
Kankakee, IL Railroad HistoryOriginally called the Mount Airy School, the building was moved to its present location in 1983. This 1850's school house has been restored and contains period memorabilia and artifacts. (Circa 1853)
Kankakee, IL Historic SchoolhousesThe Essex Historical Society Museum features a one-room school house and historical Essex artifacts contained in an adjacent brick building. Learn about area strip mines that date back to the early 1900'
Kankakee, IL MuseumsThe first brick home built in Polo is now a tourist information center and home of the Convention and Visitors Bureau....
The apartment where Ronald Reagan was born has been restored and decorated in the 1900's. Adjoining gift shop and museum....