George S. Clayson House Museum
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The
George S. Clayson House Museum and Library located at 224
E. Palatine Road is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00
am to 4:00 pm and Sunday from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. For tour
and educational program information call the Museum at 847-991-6460
or the Palatine Park District at 847-991-0333. If you are
interested in volunteering, call Marilyn Pedersen, Museum
Coordinator. |
Palatine
Historical Society
The Palatine Historical Society is dedicated
to the collection, preservation and exhibition of local history
and memorabilia. The Society raised $200,000 from 1976 to 1986 to
restore the Clayson House Museum and Library at 224 E. Palatine
Road.
Cemetery Walk
Sunday, May 18
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Hillside Cemetery, Smith Street north of Colfax
Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for members, and $2 for
children under age 16. You will hear costumed actors tell you stories of the people who lived here long ago.
Join us for a walk into Palatine’s past. A few years ago we portrayed Mary Staples who was born in Vermont in 1820. After she married Lyman Staples in 1837, the couple decided to come West. They traveled to Chicago on the lakes, then walked out to Deer Grove via Milwaukee Avenue, an Indian trail through prairie and sloughs. They settled in a log cabin in a wooded area where wolves and Indians still roamed. In fact, Mary was known among the Indians as the “she devil.” Eventually the couple owned a 600 acre dairy farm at Staples Corners (Rand and Dundee Roads area). Mary died in 1905.
Annual House & Garden Walk
Sunday, June 29
12:00 - 4:00 pm
Tickets $15 person before the event/$20 day of event
Join the tour at noon starting at the Clayson House Museum, then it’s on to several Palatine homes and gardens. Tour will end at 4:00 pm. Tickets may be purchased at the Community Center, 250 E. Wood Street, during regular office hours, the Clayson House Museum, 224 E. Palatine Road, or at Zimmer Hardware. You may purchase tickets by mail - Please make checks payable to the Palatine Historical Society and send to Palatine Historical Society, P.O. Box 134, Palatine, IL 60078. Call 847-991-6460 for more information.
The Palatine Historical Society offers programs free to the public at the Palatine Library, the third Wednesday of the months of March, April, and May.
May 21 - “Yes Virginia Sears Did Sell Barns”
by Rebecca Hunter
You have heard of mail order homes, yet few Americans realize they also sold barns and farm outbuildings. Learn how and where mail order barns were sold.
