Glessner House Museum

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1800 S Prairie Ave
Chicago, IL 60616
Chicago's Oldest Surviving Structure-Built 1836. Offering tours Wednesday-Sunday at 12 & 2pm.

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Rhonda F.
12/30/2023

What a wonderful way to spend the afternoon! Glessner House offers a peek into a Chicago familiar's history. It also surprised us with the genius planning by their architect. He seemed like a...

Amelia Rose Newcomer A.
3/4/2025

Allegra's tour was hands down, the best historical home tour I've ever been on. She was so engaging and informative and did a wonderful job of telling the story of both the Glessner family, the...

Penny P.
3/8/2023

Tour was definitely enjoyable. Guides were pleasant & informative. The reservation-counter woman was not a warm people-person. We almost didn't take the tour b/c of her attitude. Tips: do online...

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Kaylee W.
4/22/2022

Wow! Just had the best time Here! John was a wonderful tour guide, and the fact that the vast majority of the glessner museum is preserved and untouched and the actual artifacts from the 1880's...

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Boon C.
7/12/2017

The house was built at late 1800. It designated as historic landmark at 1970. It is stone house for most of the exterior. The interior is the red brick structure. They must have skill stone...

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