Magnolia Manor (Cairo, Illinois)

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Magnolia Manor
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Location2700 Washington Ave.
Cairo, Illinois, Alexander County, Illinois
Coordinates 37°0′34″N89°10′57″W / 37.00944°N 89.18250°W / 37.00944; -89.18250
Arealess than one acre
Built1869
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference No. 69000053 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 17, 1969

Magnolia Manor is a manor located in Cairo, Illinois, located in Alexander County built in 1869. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 17, 1969. [1]

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The house is operated as a Victorian period historic house museum by the Cairo Historical Association.

History

The manor was built by the Cairo businessman Charles A. Galigher in 1869. It is a 14-room red brick house which features double walls intended to keep out the city's famous dampness with their ten-inch airspaces. Inside the home are many original, 19th-century furnishings. Galigher became a friend of Ulysses S. Grant during the time Grant had command in Cairo. When Grant retired after two terms as president he was subject of a lavish celebration at Magnolia Manor. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Cairo, Illinois Attractions Archived 2012-07-09 at archive.today , Mark Twain's Mississippi River, Northern Illinois University Libraries.


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