Park Forest, Illinois
History, Historic House, Historical Society
The 1950s Park Forest House Museum commemorates the pioneers; of Park Forest--the residents who moved here during the first five years. In an original rental townhome, it is furnished as it might have been from 1948-1953. Park Forest was the first fully-planned, post World War II suburb, and America's Original GI Town,studied around the world. Now with convenient parking in front of the building.
Manhattan, Illinois
History, Historical Society
Our vision is to have a place to preserve and display our village's artifacts. Our book of over 100 years of the town's pictorial history is in its second printing. Turning the town's caboose into a model of a working caboose of the times is another goal.