Magnolia Manor (Cairo, Illinois)

Historic house in Illinois, United States United States historic place


Magnolia Manor
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Front of the house

Location	2700 Washington Ave. Cairo, Illinois, Alexander County, Illinois
Coordinates	37°0′34″N 89°10′57″W / 37.00944°N 89.18250°W / 37.00944; -89.18250
Area	less than one acre
Built	1869
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	69000053
Added to NRHP	December 17, 1969

Magnolia Manor is a manor located in Cairo, Illinois, located in Alexander County built in 1869. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 17, 1969.

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.

Notes

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Cairo, Illinois Attractions Archived 2012-07-09 at archive.today, Mark Twain's Mississippi River, Northern Illinois University Libraries.

External links

Cairo Historical Association — Visit the Magnolia Manor, a postbellum house in Cairo, Illinois
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)

v t e Cairo, Illinois
History	Racial unrest (1967-1973)
Places	Cairo Historic District
Education	Cairo Community Unit School District 1
Transportation	Cairo I-57 Bridge Cairo Mississippi River Bridge Cairo Ohio River Bridge Cairo Regional Airport
Landmarks	Fort Defiance Magnolia Manor Old Custom House
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