DuPage County Historical Museum

Adams Memorial Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
DuPage County Historical Museum in 2011
Location:	102 East Wesley Street Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois, U.S.
Coordinates:	41°52′30″N 88°6′23″W / 41.875°N 88.10639°W / 41.875; -88.10639Coordinates: 41°52′30″N 88°6′23″W / 41.875°N 88.10639°W / 41.875; -88.10639
Built:	1891
Architect:	Charles Sumner Frost
Architectural style:	Romanesque Revival
Governing body:	DuPage County
NRHP Reference#:	81000675
Added to NRHP:	June 4, 1981

The DuPage County Historical Museum, formerly the Adams Memorial Library, is a museum designed by Charles Sumner Frost in Wheaton, Illinois. It was the first public library in Wheaton, donated by John Quincey Adams. Adams was a real estate investor and miller who moved to Wheaton in 1876. The endowment from Adams completely supported the facility until 1923, when Wheaton provided additional funds. The library classified books with the Dewey decimal system, becoming one of the first in Illinois to use this system. Adams Memorial was the main library in the region until a new library was constructed in 1965. The DuPage County Historical Society purchased the Adams Memorial building that year and transferred ownership to the county.

References

• National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Adams Memorial Library

External links

• Official website