Frances Willard House Museum

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1730 Chicago Ave

Evanston, IL 60201

+1 (847) 328-7500

https://franceswillardhouse.org

The Frances Willard House is the 1865 Gothic Revival home of the famed 19th century reformer and women's rights advocate. A museum since 1900, the collection of Frances Willard's furniture and belongings is largely intact. Head of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Willard organized and led the largest mass movement of women in the country.

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4.04 reviews

Laura A.

2/16/2018

Fantastic place to visit in Evanston. Recently renovated house museum is beautiful and I really learned a lot about the history of the area and of the incredible and innovative woman Frances...

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Alice B.

8/3/2017

An amazing piece of history, and now they're open every Sunday instead of alternating ones. This might be the oldest house museum in America (ca. 1900) and their care of it shows. The tour guide...

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M K.

7/14/2014

Showed up with my Girl Scout troop for a scheduled and confirmed tour on Sunday but the guide did not show up. Our girls were really disappointed and so were their parents who had arranged their...

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Kristine B.

12/30/2004

See the Victorian frame house and period furnishings. But, above all, take a tour so that, mercy me, you can listen to the guide's account of the rise of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

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