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The
General Store, Turn of the Century Summer Kitchen, Caboose, Log School House The
Lena Area Historical Society was organized in 1981. The museum building was built
and occupied in 1986 and contains local memorabilia. In 1987 the first log school
house was dismantled and moved to the museum site and reconstructed by a group
of volunteers. It has been furnished as it probably was when built, in 1849 by
Samuel F Dodds in his orchard. At the same time an old building was moved to the
site and converted into an old time blacksmith shop. In 1989 an Illinois Central
Caboose was purchased and moved to the site and is now being furnished with railroad
memorabilia. In 1996 a summer kitchen was moved to the site and has been furnished
with items of the day.
Meetings Monthly
meetings are held the third Wednesday evening at the museum. There is always a
program about the past. Museum is open weekends May-Sept 1-4 and by appointment
other times. 815-369-4555
Membership
Dues Yearly dues are $5.00
due each March. Current officers are President, Bill
Engel, VP, Melvin Polhill, Sec, Donna Albrecht, Treasurer, Shirley Wennerstrom. Contact
person Gary Price, priceg@aeroinc.net
Books
for sale Illustrated
Freeport 1896, Reprint. Hardbound with every name and place indexed.
$45 plus $4 postage. Kent
for a Century and a Quarter 1827-1852 by Philip L. Keister. Reprint.
Hardbound with Surname index. $37.50 plus $4.50 postage. 1880
Stephenson County History by Tilden. $40.00 plus $4.00 postage. Also
available: Lena postcards!
Genealogy
Requests Genealogy inquiries
may be addressed to the Society at Lena Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 620,
Lena, IL 61048-0620 ©
1998 - 2005 Lena Historical Society | 
