Magnolia Manor (Cairo, Illinois)

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.[1]

Magnolia Manor
Front of the house
Location2700 Washington Ave.
Cairo, Illinois, Alexander County, Illinois
Coordinates37°0′34″N 89°10′57″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1869
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.69000053[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 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.[2]

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