Magnolia Manor is a manor located in

Cairo, Illinois Cairo ( , sometimes ) is the southernmost city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County, Illinois, Alexander County. A river city, Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinoi ...

, located in Alexander County built in 1869. It has been listed on 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 ...

since December 17, 1969. The house is operated as a Victorian period

historic house museum A historic house museum is a house of historic significance that is preserved as a museum. Historic furnishings may be displayed in a way that reflects their original placement and usage in a home. Historic house museums are held to a variety of ...

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 Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as Commanding General of the United States Army, commanding general, Grant led the Uni ...

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.Cairo, Illinois Attractions
, Mark Twain's Mississippi River, Northern Illinois University Libraries.

Notes

External links

Cairo Historical Association — Visit the Magnolia Manor, a postbellum house in Cairo, IllinoisLibrary of Congress - Survey number HABS IL-218
(Listed in 1934 as Peter T. Langan House the owner at the time) Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Cairo, Illinois Houses in Alexander County, Illinois Museums in Alexander County, Illinois Historic house museums in Illinois National Register of Historic Places in Alexander County, Illinois Houses completed in 1869 1869 establishments in Illinois {{Illinois-museum-stub