Magnolia Manor (Cairo, Illinois)

Magnolia Manor
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Historic Magnolia Manor in Cairo, Illinois.
Location:	2700 Washington Ave. Cairo, Illinois, Alexander County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates:	37°0′34″N 89°10′57″W / 37.00944°N 89.1825°W / 37.00944; -89.1825Coordinates: 37°0′34″N 89°10′57″W / 37.00944°N 89.1825°W / 37.00944; -89.1825
Built:	1869
Architectural style:	Italianate
Governing body:	Cairo Historical Association
NRHP Reference#:	69000053
Added to NRHP:	December 17, 1969[1]

Magnolia Manor is a postbellum manor located in Cairo, Illinois, located in Alexander County. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 17, 1969.^[2]

The house is operated as a Victorian period historic house museum 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 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.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ NRIS Database^{[dead link]}, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved Oct. 2006.
2. ^ NRIS Database^{[dead link]}, National Register of Historic Places.
3. ^ Cairo, Illinois Attractions, Mark Twain's Mississippi River, Northern Illinois University Libraries.

External links

• Magnolia Manor - official site
• UnOfficial Southern Illinois Website - Magnolia Manor page
• Library of Congress - Survey number HABS IL-218 (Listed in 1934 as Peter T. Langan House the owner at the time)