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Old Market House

Old Market House, a museum in Illinois
Old Market House, a museum in IllinoisRelated names: Stouffer (?), Henry J Mazzuchelli, Samuel Charles · Public domain
Old Market House, a museum in Illinois
Public domain
Old Market House, a museum in Illinois
Public domain
Old Market House, a museum in Illinois
Public domain
Old Market House, a museum in Illinois
Public domain
Old Market House, a museum in Illinois
Public domain

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Old Market House is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dowling House, a museum 0.1 miles away. Grant Wood Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Old Market House, currently being operated as the Galena Welcome Center, is a brick building built in the Greek Revival style in 1845 in Galena, Illinois. It is owned and operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency as an Illinois State Historic Site.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7084478, matched on coordinates and name (12 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
1845
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.41574, -90.42741

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grant View Park: 0.1 mi
  • Old Cemetery Park: 0.3 mi
  • Galena Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Depot Park: 0.4 mi
  • West Street Sculpture Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks: 51
Nature reserves: 38
Attractions: 25
  • Galena Trolley Tours: 0.2 mi
  • Linmar Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • General Store: 0.4 mi
  • Henry W. Miller House: 2.7 mi
  • Culvert Road Tunnel: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 23
Peaks: 23
  • Horseshoe Mound: 1.8 mi
  • Dygerts Mound: 1.9 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 2.8 mi
  • Scales Mound: 8.7 mi
  • Sinsinawa Mound: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 6
Springs: 4
  • Marsden Well: 0.6 mi
  • Cedar Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Cleary Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Plum Creek Spring: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thunder Bay Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Apple Canyon Waterfall: 13.3 mi
  • Tennyson Falls: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pavilion: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Market House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Platte MoundsN 3°435 m24.1 mi
Belmont MoundN 9°427 m24.7 mi
Little MoundN 5°389 m24.0 mi
White HillNE 49°381 m13.4 mi
Charles MoundENE 57°374 m11.3 mi
Sherrill MoundNW 305°374 m23.0 mi
Benton MoundE 94°367 m19.3 mi
Mount SumnerENE 76°357 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:2620:0020:43
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:2915:4716:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475868727062503725
Precip in1.21.52.33.94.46.04.94.23.93.02.51.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galena, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/510543188

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