Knox County Courthouse (Galesburg, Illinois)
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The Galesburg Historic District is a historic district in Galesburg,
Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
. The district includes 1049
contributing building In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distr ...
s and contains the town's original plat as well as several older neighborhoods. The section of the district south of North Street encompasses Galesburg's historic city center and its most significant landmarks, such as the Knox County Courthouse, the Knox County Jail, the Burlington Depot (which has since been torn down), and Main Street's commercial buildings. Knox College, the school Galesburg was founded to serve, and its historic
Old Main Old Main is a term often applied to the original building present on college or university campuses in the United States. The building serves today as home to administrative offices, such as the president or provost, but in its early inception may ...
are also located in the southern half of the district. The area north of North Street is mainly residential and is dominated by Queen Anne and
Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...
houses, including many transitional houses displaying elements of both styles. The district was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on November 21, 1976.


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Queen Anne architecture in Illinois Romanesque Revival architecture in Illinois Neoclassical architecture in Illinois Geography of Knox County, Illinois Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois National Register of Historic Places in Knox County, Illinois {{KnoxCountyIL-NRHP-stub