Ellwood House Museum

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509 N 1st St
Dekalb, IL 60115
The Ellwood House Museum is a historic site situated on ten acres of parkland in the heart of DeKalb, Illinois. The museum campus consists of seven historic structures, including the 1879 Ellwood Mansion and 1899 Ellwood-Nehring House, four gardens, and 6,000 square feet of exhibit space in the Patience Ellwood Towle Visitor Center, a converted and expanded 1912 multi-car garage. Originally built for barbed wire entrepreneur Isaac Ellwood, the Mansion was home to three generations of the Ellwood family from 1879 to 1965. The museum's parking lot is located at 420 Linden Place, DeKalb, IL.

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Gina V.
2/22/2024

Wow this a gorgeous place to bring your Family relax look at the beautiful buildings the museum and the little house now that the weather is nice come take a walk around the house you will Love it...

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Faith A.
7/21/2023

Definitely recommend touring the Ellwood House. Very beautiful and interesting history. We had an older gentleman for our tour guide who was very knowledgeable. Don't recommend touring Ellcourt...

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Brandon M.
11/18/2012

Issac Ellwood mad his fortune in the Barb wire industry he was a pioneer to the effect that he and his partner started the 1st barbwire factory. Now barb wire was a big deal as ranchers could just...

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Terry S.
11/28/2013

Traveled back to DeKalb to visit family and had always passed this museum but never stopped. Actually took a tour from the staff. Beautiful grounds, lots to learn about the local history....

Tony L.
6/16/2018

I like visiting small museums and this one was very good. All the staff and volunteers were pleasant and knew the history of the family, buildings and grounds. It was very interesting to know the...

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