Kankakee, Illinois

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HERE, CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ARE TAUGHT IN THE SAME ROOM. NEARBY ARE THESE PLASTER STUDIES TAUGHT IN THE SAME ROOM. NEARBY ARE THESE PLASTER STUDIES INSPIRED BY BOTH THE BEAUTIFUL NEARBY ARE THESE PLASTER STUDIES INSPIRED BY BOTH THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE HORRIBLE. INSPIRED BY BOTH THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE HORRIBLE. AND THIS WAS THE HOME OF A LOCAL AND THE HORRIBLE. AND THIS WAS THE HOME OF A LOCAL PHYSICIAN WHOSE SON REACHED THE AND THIS WAS THE HOME OF A LOCAL PHYSICIAN WHOSE SON REACHED THE HIGHEST OFFICE OF THE STATE. PHYSICIAN WHOSE SON REACHED THE HIGHEST OFFICE OF THE STATE. HI, I AM JIM WILHELM. HIGHEST OFFICE OF THE STATE. HI, I AM JIM WILHELM. BEHIND ME ARE THE BUILDINGS HI, I AM JIM WILHELM. BEHIND ME ARE THE BUILDINGS WHICH MAKE UP AND HOUSE THE BEHIND ME ARE THE BUILDINGS WHICH MAKE UP AND HOUSE THE COLLECTION OF KANKAKEE COUNTY WHICH MAKE UP AND HOUSE THE COLLECTION OF KANKAKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM. COLLECTION OF KANKAKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM. IT IS A COLLECTION OF THAT HISTORICAL MUSEUM. IT IS A COLLECTION OF THAT REMINDS PEOPLE OF THIS AREA'S IT IS A COLLECTION OF THAT REMINDS PEOPLE OF THIS AREA'S PAST WHICH HAS TIES TO TWO REMINDS PEOPLE OF THIS AREA'S PAST WHICH HAS TIES TO TWO COUNTRIES. PAST WHICH HAS TIES TO TWO COUNTRIES. ON DISPLAY ARE THESE ITEMS, ONCE COUNTRIES. ON DISPLAY ARE THESE ITEMS, ONCE USED BY THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO ON DISPLAY ARE THESE ITEMS, ONCE USED BY THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO INHABITED THE AREA. USED BY THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO INHABITED THE AREA. THEY HAD BEEN A TRAKTDED BY THE INHABITED THE AREA. THEY HAD BEEN A TRAKTDED BY THE RICH RIVER VALUE ICE AS WERE THE THEY HAD BEEN A TRAKTDED BY THE RICH RIVER VALUE ICE AS WERE THE EUROPEANS LATER. RICH RIVER VALUE ICE AS WERE THE EUROPEANS LATER. THESE ARTIFACTS WERE DISCOVERED EUROPEANS LATER. THESE ARTIFACTS WERE DISCOVERED AT THE FIRST PERMANENT THESE ARTIFACTS WERE DISCOVERED AT THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT WHICH BECAME AT THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT WHICH BECAME KANKAKEE. SETTLEMENT WHICH BECAME KANKAKEE. IT WAS A TRADING POST THAT HAD KANKAKEE. IT WAS A TRADING POST THAT HAD BEEN SFEABED BY FRENCH CANADIAN IT WAS A TRADING POST THAT HAD BEEN SFEABED BY FRENCH CANADIAN NAMED NOEL LEVASSEY. BEEN SFEABED BY FRENCH CANADIAN NAMED NOEL LEVASSEY. EVENTUALLY HIS BUSINESS BECAME A NAMED NOEL LEVASSEY. EVENTUALLY HIS BUSINESS BECAME A DESTINATION POINT FOR OTHER EVENTUALLY HIS BUSINESS BECAME A DESTINATION POINT FOR OTHER COUNTRY MEN WHO ALSO SETTLED IN DESTINATION POINT FOR OTHER COUNTRY MEN WHO ALSO SETTLED IN THE AREA. HERE IS NOEL'S COUNTRY MEN WHO ALSO SETTLED IN THE AREA. HERE IS NOEL'S ACCOUNT BOOK SHOWING HIS SYSTEM THE AREA. HERE IS NOEL'S ACCOUNT BOOK SHOWING HIS SYSTEM FOR REPORTING HIS FURRED ACCOUNT BOOK SHOWING HIS SYSTEM FOR REPORTING HIS FURRED TRADINGS WITH THE POTOWAME FOR REPORTING HIS FURRED TRADINGS WITH THE POTOWAME INDIANS. TRADINGS WITH THE POTOWAME INDIANS. ALSO FROM NOEL'S TIME IS THIS INDIANS. ALSO FROM NOEL'S TIME IS THIS HIS WIFE'S SILK GOWN FROM THEIR ALSO FROM NOEL'S TIME IS THIS HIS WIFE'S SILK GOWN FROM THEIR WEDDING IN 1838. HIS WIFE'S SILK GOWN FROM THEIR WEDDING IN 1838. HERE IS SOME JEWELRY SHE HAD WEDDING IN 1838. HERE IS SOME JEWELRY SHE HAD LATER MADE FROM THE HAIR OF HERE IS SOME JEWELRY SHE HAD LATER MADE FROM THE HAIR OF THEIR CHILDREN. LATER MADE FROM THE HAIR OF THEIR CHILDREN. BESIDES HIGHLIGHTING EARLY THEIR CHILDREN. BESIDES HIGHLIGHTING EARLY HISTORY, THE MUSEUM ALSO CRON BESIDES HIGHLIGHTING EARLY HISTORY, THE MUSEUM ALSO CRON KELS SOME OF THE BUSINESSES ONCE HISTORY, THE MUSEUM ALSO CRON KELS SOME OF THE BUSINESSES ONCE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY. KELS SOME OF THE BUSINESSES ONCE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY. DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA, THE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY. DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA, THE SCENE IC RIVER VALLEY WHICH HAD DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA, THE SCENE IC RIVER VALLEY WHICH HAD FIRST ATTRACTED NATIVE AMERICANS SCENE IC RIVER VALLEY WHICH HAD FIRST ATTRACTED NATIVE AMERICANS AND THEN NOEL LEVASSEY BEGIN TO FIRST ATTRACTED NATIVE AMERICANS AND THEN NOEL LEVASSEY BEGIN TO ATTRACT WEALTHY CLIENTELE FROM AND THEN NOEL LEVASSEY BEGIN TO ATTRACT WEALTHY CLIENTELE FROM SOUTH CHICAGO. ATTRACT WEALTHY CLIENTELE FROM SOUTH CHICAGO. ONE POPULAR DESTINATION WAS THE SOUTH CHICAGO. ONE POPULAR DESTINATION WAS THE RIVER VIEW HOTEL. ONE POPULAR DESTINATION WAS THE RIVER VIEW HOTEL. BUILT IN 1887, IT OFFERED THE RIVER VIEW HOTEL. BUILT IN 1887, IT OFFERED THE FINALEST ACCOMMODATIONS FOUND BUILT IN 1887, IT OFFERED THE FINALEST ACCOMMODATIONS FOUND ALONG THE KANKAKEE RIVER. FINALEST ACCOMMODATIONS FOUND ALONG THE KANKAKEE RIVER. HERE IS SOME SILVERWARE FROM THE ALONG THE KANKAKEE RIVER. HERE IS SOME SILVERWARE FROM THE HOTEL, ALONG WITH GLASSWARE FROM HERE IS SOME SILVERWARE FROM THE HOTEL, ALONG WITH GLASSWARE FROM THE BAR AREA. HOTEL, ALONG WITH GLASSWARE FROM THE BAR AREA. BUT THIS WASN'T THE ONLY DRAW. THE BAR AREA. BUT THIS WASN'T THE ONLY DRAW. IN 1883, A LOCAL RIVERBOAT BUT THIS WASN'T THE ONLY DRAW. IN 1883, A LOCAL RIVERBOAT CAPTAIN NAMED WILLIAM GOUGAR, IN 1883, A LOCAL RIVERBOAT CAPTAIN NAMED WILLIAM GOUGAR, OPENED TOURIST ATTRACTION, CAPTAIN NAMED WILLIAM GOUGAR, OPENED TOURIST ATTRACTION, WATERFRONT PARK. OPENED TOURIST ATTRACTION, WATERFRONT PARK. THE BEST WAY TO TRAVEL TO WATERFRONT PARK. THE BEST WAY TO TRAVEL TO GOUGAR'S WAS ON ONE OF HIS STOLE THE BEST WAY TO TRAVEL TO GOUGAR'S WAS ON ONE OF HIS STOLE BOATS. GOUGAR'S WAS ON ONE OF HIS STOLE BOATS. ONCE THERE, GUESTS WOULD FIND BOATS. ONCE THERE, GUESTS WOULD FIND PAVILION FOR DANCING TO LIVE ONCE THERE, GUESTS WOULD FIND PAVILION FOR DANCING TO LIVE BANDS, CLUBHOUSE, AND YOUNGER PAVILION FOR DANCING TO LIVE BANDS, CLUBHOUSE, AND YOUNGER CROWDS, A SHOOT TO SHOOT RIDE. BANDS, CLUBHOUSE, AND YOUNGER CROWDS, A SHOOT TO SHOOT RIDE. HERE IS A TICKET FROM 1892 FOR CROWDS, A SHOOT TO SHOOT RIDE. HERE IS A TICKET FROM 1892 FOR GRAND EXCURSION TO THE GROVE HERE IS A TICKET FROM 1892 FOR GRAND EXCURSION TO THE GROVE COSTING 75 CENTS. BUT BOATS WEREN'T THE ONLY WAY TO TRAVEL. AT ONE TYPE, MORE RAILROAD TO TRAVEL. AT ONE TYPE, MORE RAILROAD COMPANIES HAD THEIR HUB IN AT ONE TYPE, MORE RAILROAD COMPANIES HAD THEIR HUB IN KANKAKEE THAN ANY OTHER TOWN IN COMPANIES HAD THEIR HUB IN KANKAKEE THAN ANY OTHER TOWN IN THE STATE. KANKAKEE THAN ANY OTHER TOWN IN THE STATE. WHEN THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL CAME THE STATE. WHEN THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL CAME IN, IT FORCED THE TOWN TO CHANGE WHEN THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL CAME IN, IT FORCED THE TOWN TO CHANGE ITS AXIS FROM RUNNING PARALLEL IN, IT FORCED THE TOWN TO CHANGE ITS AXIS FROM RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE RIVER TO RUNNING PARALLEL ITS AXIS FROM RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE RIVER TO RUNNING PARALLEL WITH ITS LINES. TO THE RIVER TO RUNNING PARALLEL WITH ITS LINES. ON DISPLAY ARE EXAMPLES OF CHINA WITH ITS LINES. ON DISPLAY ARE EXAMPLES OF CHINA PATTERNS THAT WERE EXCLUSIVE TO ON DISPLAY ARE EXAMPLES OF CHINA PATTERNS THAT WERE EXCLUSIVE TO CERTAIN LINES. PATTERNS THAT WERE EXCLUSIVE TO CERTAIN LINES. THIS WILD ROSE MOTIF WAS USED BY CERTAIN LINES. THIS WILD ROSE MOTIF WAS USED BY THE CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN THIS WILD ROSE MOTIF WAS USED BY THE CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD. THE CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD. HERE IS A SCALE MODEL FROM 1880 RAILROAD. HERE IS A SCALE MODEL FROM 1880 THAT WAS USED BY THE HERE IS A SCALE MODEL FROM 1880 THAT WAS USED BY THE CONSTRUCTION FOR MAN AS A VISUAL THAT WAS USED BY THE CONSTRUCTION FOR MAN AS A VISUAL AID FOR THE BRIDGEWORKERS. WELCOME BACK TO THE KANKAKEE HISTORICAL MUSEUM WHOSE DISPLAYS NOT ONLY RECOUNT THE HISTORY, HISTORICAL MUSEUM WHOSE DISPLAYS NOT ONLY RECOUNT THE HISTORY, BUT INCLUDES ARTI ARTIFACTS FROM NOT ONLY RECOUNT THE HISTORY, BUT INCLUDES ARTI ARTIFACTS FROM SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ONCE BUT INCLUDES ARTI ARTIFACTS FROM SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ONCE CALLED THIS HOME, SUCH AS THE FD SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ONCE CALLED THIS HOME, SUCH AS THE FD RADEKE AGENCY. CALLED THIS HOME, SUCH AS THE FD RADEKE AGENCY. ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS WAS RADEKE AGENCY. ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS WAS VITAMIN BEER, ALCOHOLIC DRINK ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS WAS VITAMIN BEER, ALCOHOLIC DRINK WITH LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA FOR VITAMIN BEER, ALCOHOLIC DRINK WITH LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA FOR THE BODY. WITH LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA FOR THE BODY. OVER HERE IS THIS RARE CIGAR THE BODY. OVER HERE IS THIS RARE CIGAR STORE INDIAN. OVER HERE IS THIS RARE CIGAR STORE INDIAN. ITS PREDECESSOR ALONG WITH THE STORE INDIAN. ITS PREDECESSOR ALONG WITH THE TOBACCO COMPANY BUILDING IT ITS PREDECESSOR ALONG WITH THE TOBACCO COMPANY BUILDING IT STOOD IN FRONT OF WAS LOST IN TOBACCO COMPANY BUILDING IT STOOD IN FRONT OF WAS LOST IN 1871 IN THE CHICAGO FIRE. STOOD IN FRONT OF WAS LOST IN 1871 IN THE CHICAGO FIRE. SO THE OWNER MOVED TO KANKAKEE, 1871 IN THE CHICAGO FIRE. SO THE OWNER MOVED TO KANKAKEE, OPENED ANOTHER PLANT, AND SO THE OWNER MOVED TO KANKAKEE, OPENED ANOTHER PLANT, AND ORDERED ANOTHER CIGAR STORE OPENED ANOTHER PLANT, AND ORDERED ANOTHER CIGAR STORE INDIAN STATUE. ORDERED ANOTHER CIGAR STORE INDIAN STATUE. DUE TO HIS CHICAGO EXPERIENCE, INDIAN STATUE. DUE TO HIS CHICAGO EXPERIENCE, THIS TIME HE DECIDED TO BUY A DUE TO HIS CHICAGO EXPERIENCE, THIS TIME HE DECIDED TO BUY A CAST METAL FIGURE. THIS TIME HE DECIDED TO BUY A CAST METAL FIGURE. DUE TO RESTORATION, THE MUSEUM CAST METAL FIGURE. DUE TO RESTORATION, THE MUSEUM DISCOVERED THIS IS ONE OF ONLY DUE TO RESTORATION, THE MUSEUM DISCOVERED THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN FIGURES PRODUCED IN DISCOVERED THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN FIGURES PRODUCED IN THIS STYLE THAT ARE STILL IN TWO KNOWN FIGURES PRODUCED IN THIS STYLE THAT ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE. ONE WING OF THE MUSEUM HOLDS THE PLASTER STUDIES DONE BY THE RENOWNED ARTISTS GEORGE GRAY BAR PLASTER STUDIES DONE BY THE RENOWNED ARTISTS GEORGE GRAY BAR NARD. RENOWNED ARTISTS GEORGE GRAY BAR NARD. HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD YEARS IN NARD. HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD YEARS IN KANKAKEE AND NEVER FORGOT THE HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD YEARS IN KANKAKEE AND NEVER FORGOT THE TOWN. KANKAKEE AND NEVER FORGOT THE TOWN. TWO YEARS BEFORE HE DIED, HE TOWN. TWO YEARS BEFORE HE DIED, HE DONATED ALL OF HIS PLASTER TWO YEARS BEFORE HE DIED, HE DONATED ALL OF HIS PLASTER MODELS TO HIS OLD HIGH SCHOOL. DONATED ALL OF HIS PLASTER MODELS TO HIS OLD HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WAS IN 1938 AND THEY WERE MODELS TO HIS OLD HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WAS IN 1938 AND THEY WERE PUT ON DISPLAY UNTIL MORE THAT WAS IN 1938 AND THEY WERE PUT ON DISPLAY UNTIL MORE CLASSROOM SPACE WAS NEEDED. PUT ON DISPLAY UNTIL MORE CLASSROOM SPACE WAS NEEDED. AFTER THAT, THE PIECES WERE CLASSROOM SPACE WAS NEEDED. AFTER THAT, THE PIECES WERE STORED IN THE BASEMENT WHERE AFTER THAT, THE PIECES WERE STORED IN THE BASEMENT WHERE SEVERAL WERE LOST OR DAMAGED STORED IN THE BASEMENT WHERE SEVERAL WERE LOST OR DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. SEVERAL WERE LOST OR DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. TODAY, THE SURVIVING PIECES HAVE BEYOND REPAIR. TODAY, THE SURVIVING PIECES HAVE FOUND A PERMANENT HOME HERE. TODAY, THE SURVIVING PIECES HAVE FOUND A PERMANENT HOME HERE. ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS AND FOUND A PERMANENT HOME HERE. ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS AND CONTROVERSIAL WORKS WAS THIS ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS AND CONTROVERSIAL WORKS WAS THIS BUST OF LINCOLN WHICH WAS CONTROVERSIAL WORKS WAS THIS BUST OF LINCOLN WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE TAFT FAMILY. BUST OF LINCOLN WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE TAFT FAMILY. BEFORE HE BEGAN THE WORK, GEORGE COMMISSIONED BY THE TAFT FAMILY. BEFORE HE BEGAN THE WORK, GEORGE SPENT SIX MONTHS STUDYING THE BEFORE HE BEGAN THE WORK, GEORGE SPENT SIX MONTHS STUDYING THE LIFE MASK AND THE PHOTOS TAKEN SPENT SIX MONTHS STUDYING THE LIFE MASK AND THE PHOTOS TAKEN OF THE LATE PRESIDENT. LIFE MASK AND THE PHOTOS TAKEN OF THE LATE PRESIDENT. DETERMINED TO PORTRAY LINCOLN AS OF THE LATE PRESIDENT. DETERMINED TO PORTRAY LINCOLN AS A REAL MAN OF THE FRONTIER, THE DETERMINED TO PORTRAY LINCOLN AS A REAL MAN OF THE FRONTIER, THE STATUE'S ROUGH HEWN FEATURES A REAL MAN OF THE FRONTIER, THE STATUE'S ROUGH HEWN FEATURES WERE TERMED BY SOME CRITICS AS STATUE'S ROUGH HEWN FEATURES WERE TERMED BY SOME CRITICS AS UGLY AND HAVE DONE IN POOR WERE TERMED BY SOME CRITICS AS UGLY AND HAVE DONE IN POOR TASTE. UGLY AND HAVE DONE IN POOR TASTE. TODAY IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF TASTE. TODAY IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST REPRESENTATIONS OF TODAY IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST REPRESENTATIONS OF LINCOLN. THE BEST REPRESENTATIONS OF LINCOLN. HE WAS LIVING IN FRANCE WHEN LINCOLN. HE WAS LIVING IN FRANCE WHEN WORLD WAR I ERUPTED. HE WAS LIVING IN FRANCE WHEN WORLD WAR I ERUPTED. AFTERWARDS, HE CREATED AND WORLD WAR I ERUPTED. AFTERWARDS, HE CREATED AND SUBMITTED SEVERAL DESIGNS FOR AFTERWARDS, HE CREATED AND SUBMITTED SEVERAL DESIGNS FOR MONUMENTS TO HONOR THE FALLEN. SUBMITTED SEVERAL DESIGNS FOR MONUMENTS TO HONOR THE FALLEN. THIS IS ONE OF THEM. MONUMENTS TO HONOR THE FALLEN. THIS IS ONE OF THEM. IT WAS PATTERNED OFF THE STONE THIS IS ONE OF THEM. IT WAS PATTERNED OFF THE STONE EFFIGIES OF MID EVIL KNIGHTS IT WAS PATTERNED OFF THE STONE EFFIGIES OF MID EVIL KNIGHTS SEEN IN EUROPEAN CHURCHES. EFFIGIES OF MID EVIL KNIGHTS SEEN IN EUROPEAN CHURCHES. IT SHOWS A SOLDIER DRAPED IN AN SEEN IN EUROPEAN CHURCHES. IT SHOWS A SOLDIER DRAPED IN AN AMERICAN FLAG LYING ON TOP OF IS IT SHOWS A SOLDIER DRAPED IN AN AMERICAN FLAG LYING ON TOP OF IS OVERCOAT AND BEDROLL. AMERICAN FLAG LYING ON TOP OF IS OVERCOAT AND BEDROLL. HIS BOOTS ARE CAKED WITH THE MUD OVERCOAT AND BEDROLL. HIS BOOTS ARE CAKED WITH THE MUD THAT WAS SO PREVALENT ON THE HIS BOOTS ARE CAKED WITH THE MUD THAT WAS SO PREVALENT ON THE FRONT LINES. THAT WAS SO PREVALENT ON THE FRONT LINES. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SUBMISSION, FRONT LINES. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SUBMISSION, LIKE HIS OTHERS FOR WAR UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SUBMISSION, LIKE HIS OTHERS FOR WAR MEMORIALS, WAS NOT ACCEPTED. BEHIND ME IS THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE WHICH WAS RELOCATED TO THE MUSEUM GROUNDS. SCHOOLHOUSE WHICH WAS RELOCATED TO THE MUSEUM GROUNDS. IT WAS BUILT IN 1904, AND IT WAS TO THE MUSEUM GROUNDS. IT WAS BUILT IN 1904, AND IT WAS THE LAST SCHOOL OF ITS TYPE IT WAS BUILT IN 1904, AND IT WAS THE LAST SCHOOL OF ITS TYPE CLOSED IN THE COUNTY IN 1954. THE LAST SCHOOL OF ITS TYPE CLOSED IN THE COUNTY IN 1954. GRADES ONE THROUGH EIGHT WERE CLOSED IN THE COUNTY IN 1954. GRADES ONE THROUGH EIGHT WERE TAUGHT TOGETHER IN THIS ROOM. GRADES ONE THROUGH EIGHT WERE TAUGHT TOGETHER IN THIS ROOM. THE MOST STUDENTS EVER ENROLLED TAUGHT TOGETHER IN THIS ROOM. THE MOST STUDENTS EVER ENROLLED HERE NUMBERED 27 IN 1911. THE MOST STUDENTS EVER ENROLLED HERE NUMBERED 27 IN 1911. ON THE WALL IS THIS TEACHER'S HERE NUMBERED 27 IN 1911. ON THE WALL IS THIS TEACHER'S CONTRACT FROM THAT SAME YEAR. ON THE WALL IS THIS TEACHER'S CONTRACT FROM THAT SAME YEAR. IT OFFERED THE STATELY SUM OF 45 CONTRACT FROM THAT SAME YEAR. IT OFFERED THE STATELY SUM OF 45 DOLLAR PER SCHOOL MONTH. IT OFFERED THE STATELY SUM OF 45 DOLLAR PER SCHOOL MONTH. BUT THE CONTRACT ALSO STIPULATED DOLLAR PER SCHOOL MONTH. BUT THE CONTRACT ALSO STIPULATED THAT THE TEACHER WAS RESPONSIBLE BUT THE CONTRACT ALSO STIPULATED THAT THE TEACHER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE JANITORIAL WORK AS WELL THAT THE TEACHER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE JANITORIAL WORK AS WELL AS THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE, FOR THE JANITORIAL WORK AS WELL AS THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE, PLUS IN THE WINTER, THEY WERE AS THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE, PLUS IN THE WINTER, THEY WERE CHARGED WITH STARTING THE FIRE PLUS IN THE WINTER, THEY WERE CHARGED WITH STARTING THE FIRE IN PLENTY OF TIME TO WARM THE CHARGED WITH STARTING THE FIRE IN PLENTY OF TIME TO WARM THE SCHOOL BEFORE THE CHILDREN IN PLENTY OF TIME TO WARM THE SCHOOL BEFORE THE CHILDREN ARRIVED. SCHOOL BEFORE THE CHILDREN ARRIVED. NOTICE THAT THE STOVEPIPE ARRIVED. NOTICE THAT THE STOVEPIPE TRAVERSES THE LENGTH OF THE ROOM NOTICE THAT THE STOVEPIPE TRAVERSES THE LENGTH OF THE ROOM TO RADIATE AS MUCH HEAT AS TRAVERSES THE LENGTH OF THE ROOM TO RADIATE AS MUCH HEAT AS POSSIBLE. TO RADIATE AS MUCH HEAT AS POSSIBLE. AS WAS COMMON IN SUCH ONE ROOM POSSIBLE. AS WAS COMMON IN SUCH ONE ROOM SCHOOLS, THE DESKS ARE AS WAS COMMON IN SUCH ONE ROOM SCHOOLS, THE DESKS ARE EXAGGERATED SIZES TO ACCOMMODATE SCHOOLS, THE DESKS ARE EXAGGERATED SIZES TO ACCOMMODATE THE SMALLEST FIRST GRADER AND EXAGGERATED SIZES TO ACCOMMODATE THE SMALLEST FIRST GRADER AND LARGEST 8TH GRADER AND EACH HAD THE SMALLEST FIRST GRADER AND LARGEST 8TH GRADER AND EACH HAD ITS OWN INK WELL. LARGEST 8TH GRADER AND EACH HAD ITS OWN INK WELL. NEXT TO THE MUSEUM'S MAIN ITS OWN INK WELL. NEXT TO THE MUSEUM'S MAIN BUILDING AND THE SCHOOLHOUSE IS NEXT TO THE MUSEUM'S MAIN BUILDING AND THE SCHOOLHOUSE IS THIS HOME. BUILDING AND THE SCHOOLHOUSE IS THIS HOME. CONSTRUCTION ON IT BEGAN BEFORE THIS HOME. CONSTRUCTION ON IT BEGAN BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, AND THE HOME WAS CONSTRUCTION ON IT BEGAN BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, AND THE HOME WAS ADDED ONTO AS THE FAMILY GREW. THE CIVIL WAR, AND THE HOME WAS ADDED ONTO AS THE FAMILY GREW. HOME TO A LOCAL DOCTOR, IT WAS ADDED ONTO AS THE FAMILY GREW. HOME TO A LOCAL DOCTOR, IT WAS SAVED BECAUSE OF ONE OF HIS HOME TO A LOCAL DOCTOR, IT WAS SAVED BECAUSE OF ONE OF HIS CHILDREN. SAVED BECAUSE OF ONE OF HIS CHILDREN. ORIGINALLY, THE EXTERIOR WALLS CHILDREN. ORIGINALLY, THE EXTERIOR WALLS WERE LIMESTONE LIKE THOSE OF THE ORIGINALLY, THE EXTERIOR WALLS WERE LIMESTONE LIKE THOSE OF THE MILK HOUSE OR ROOT SEL LARS WERE LIMESTONE LIKE THOSE OF THE MILK HOUSE OR ROOT SEL LARS WHICH STANDS IN BACK. MILK HOUSE OR ROOT SEL LARS WHICH STANDS IN BACK. IN 1890 TO CREATE MORE FORMAL WHICH STANDS IN BACK. IN 1890 TO CREATE MORE FORMAL APPEARANCE, DR. SMALL HAD THIS IN 1890 TO CREATE MORE FORMAL APPEARANCE, DR. SMALL HAD THIS CONCRETE STUCCO PUT ON AND APPEARANCE, DR. SMALL HAD THIS CONCRETE STUCCO PUT ON AND SCORED. CONCRETE STUCCO PUT ON AND SCORED. ORIGINALLY THE HOME HAD FOUR SCORED. ORIGINALLY THE HOME HAD FOUR ROOMS, TWO ABOVE AND TWO BELOW. ORIGINALLY THE HOME HAD FOUR ROOMS, TWO ABOVE AND TWO BELOW. EVENTUALLY THE FAMILY WOULD HAVE ROOMS, TWO ABOVE AND TWO BELOW. EVENTUALLY THE FAMILY WOULD HAVE SIX CHILDREN. EVENTUALLY THE FAMILY WOULD HAVE SIX CHILDREN. SO THE DOCTOR KEPT ADDING TO THE SIX CHILDREN. SO THE DOCTOR KEPT ADDING TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. SO THE DOCTOR KEPT ADDING TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. THIS WAS THE FIRST SITTING ROOM FRONT OF THE HOUSE. THIS WAS THE FIRST SITTING ROOM WHICH BECAME A DINING ROOM. THIS WAS THE FIRST SITTING ROOM WHICH BECAME A DINING ROOM. NOTICE THE BUILT-IN SHELVES WHICH BECAME A DINING ROOM. NOTICE THE BUILT-IN SHELVES SURROUNDING THE ROOMS. NOTICE THE BUILT-IN SHELVES SURROUNDING THE ROOMS. VERY HANDY IN A HOME WITH ALMOST SURROUNDING THE ROOMS. VERY HANDY IN A HOME WITH ALMOST NO CLOSET SPACE. VERY HANDY IN A HOME WITH ALMOST NO CLOSET SPACE. AND THIS IS THE NEW SITTING ROOM NO CLOSET SPACE. AND THIS IS THE NEW SITTING ROOM ADDED IN 1870. AND THIS IS THE NEW SITTING ROOM ADDED IN 1870. IN A CORNER IS THIS UNIQUE MUSIC ADDED IN 1870. IN A CORNER IS THIS UNIQUE MUSIC BOX WHICH PLAYS METAL CYLINDERS IN A CORNER IS THIS UNIQUE MUSIC BOX WHICH PLAYS METAL CYLINDERS SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE STORED BOX WHICH PLAYS METAL CYLINDERS SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE STORED UNDERNEATH. SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE STORED UNDERNEATH. THIS IS THE GATHERING SPOT FOR UNDERNEATH. THIS IS THE GATHERING SPOT FOR THE FAMILY DURING THE EVENING THIS IS THE GATHERING SPOT FOR THE FAMILY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE FAMILY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. BUT FOR A TIME, IT SERVED A DUAL HOURS. BUT FOR A TIME, IT SERVED A DUAL PURPOSE. BUT FOR A TIME, IT SERVED A DUAL PURPOSE. BECAUSE IT WAS THE ARTIST STUDIO PURPOSE. BECAUSE IT WAS THE ARTIST STUDIO FOR SUSANNE SMALL, THE SECOND BECAUSE IT WAS THE ARTIST STUDIO FOR SUSANNE SMALL, THE SECOND OLDEST CHILD WHO WAS ALSO AN FOR SUSANNE SMALL, THE SECOND OLDEST CHILD WHO WAS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST. OLDEST CHILD WHO WAS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST. HERE IS A SELF PORTRAIT SHE DREW ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST. HERE IS A SELF PORTRAIT SHE DREW AT THE AGE OF 15. HERE IS A SELF PORTRAIT SHE DREW AT THE AGE OF 15. LATER SUSANNE WAS SENT TO EUROPE AT THE AGE OF 15. LATER SUSANNE WAS SENT TO EUROPE TO STUDY ART, AND IT WAS THERE LATER SUSANNE WAS SENT TO EUROPE TO STUDY ART, AND IT WAS THERE SHE BECAME INFLUENCED BY MONET TO STUDY ART, AND IT WAS THERE SHE BECAME INFLUENCED BY MONET AS EVIDENCED BY HER LANDSCAPES, SHE BECAME INFLUENCED BY MONET AS EVIDENCED BY HER LANDSCAPES, BUT SHE IS NOT THE REASON THE AS EVIDENCED BY HER LANDSCAPES, BUT SHE IS NOT THE REASON THE HOUSE HAS BEEN PRESERVED. RIGHT NOW HERE IN THE HOME OF DR. ABRAHAM SMALL WHO CONTINUED HIS BRA HERE AFTER HE CLOSED HIS DR. ABRAHAM SMALL WHO CONTINUED HIS BRA HERE AFTER HE CLOSED HIS DOWNTOWN OFFICE. HIS BRA HERE AFTER HE CLOSED HIS DOWNTOWN OFFICE. THIS PARLOR WHICH HAS ITS OWN DOWNTOWN OFFICE. THIS PARLOR WHICH HAS ITS OWN OUTSIDE DOOR BECAME AWAITING THIS PARLOR WHICH HAS ITS OWN OUTSIDE DOOR BECAME AWAITING ROOM DURING THE DAY. OUTSIDE DOOR BECAME AWAITING ROOM DURING THE DAY. ON THE OTHER SIDE, IS THE ROOM DURING THE DAY. ON THE OTHER SIDE, IS THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND EXAMINATION ON THE OTHER SIDE, IS THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND EXAMINATION ROOM. DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND EXAMINATION ROOM. BUT TODAY, THE HOME IS KNOWN FOR ROOM. BUT TODAY, THE HOME IS KNOWN FOR MORE ONE OF HIS SONS THAN FOR BUT TODAY, THE HOME IS KNOWN FOR MORE ONE OF HIS SONS THAN FOR DR. SMALL. THIS WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF LENNINGTON SMALL WHO RAN FOR GOVERNOR A RECORD SETTING SIX LENNINGTON SMALL WHO RAN FOR GOVERNOR A RECORD SETTING SIX TIMES. GOVERNOR A RECORD SETTING SIX TIMES. IN 1921, HE WAS ELECTED TIMES. IN 1921, HE WAS ELECTED ILLINOIS' 26TH GOVERNOR, AND HE IN 1921, HE WAS ELECTED ILLINOIS' 26TH GOVERNOR, AND HE SERVED FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE ILLINOIS' 26TH GOVERNOR, AND HE SERVED FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS. SERVED FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE IS TERMS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS HARD ROADS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS HARD ROADS. ON DISPLAY IS THE DESK HE USED KNOWN FOR HIS HARD ROADS. ON DISPLAY IS THE DESK HE USED WHILE IN OFFICE. ON DISPLAY IS THE DESK HE USED WHILE IN OFFICE. LEN SMALL BECAME KNOWN AS THE WHILE IN OFFICE. LEN SMALL BECAME KNOWN AS THE GOOD ROADS COMPANY. LEN SMALL BECAME KNOWN AS THE GOOD ROADS COMPANY. DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION, MORE GOOD ROADS COMPANY. DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION, MORE ROADS WERE PAVED IN ILLINOIS DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION, MORE ROADS WERE PAVED IN ILLINOIS THAN IN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE ROADS WERE PAVED IN ILLINOIS THAN IN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE UNION, ABOUT 7,000 MILES IN THAN IN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE UNION, ABOUT 7,000 MILES IN EIGHT YEARS. UNION, ABOUT 7,000 MILES IN EIGHT YEARS. IN ADDITION TO THE ROADS, AND EIGHT YEARS. IN ADDITION TO THE ROADS, AND THE PRACTICE OF LAW, THE SMALL IN ADDITION TO THE ROADS, AND THE PRACTICE OF LAW, THE SMALL FAMILY NAME WAS WELL-KNOWN IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW, THE SMALL FAMILY NAME WAS WELL-KNOWN IN THE RHUBARB WORLD. FAMILY NAME WAS WELL-KNOWN IN THE RHUBARB WORLD. DR. SMALL WAS AMATEUR THE RHUBARB WORLD. DR. SMALL WAS AMATEUR HORTICULTURIST. DR. SMALL WAS AMATEUR HORTICULTURIST. HE DEVELOPED METHODS FOR GROWING HORTICULTURIST. HE DEVELOPED METHODS FOR GROWING THAT PLANT DURING WINTER MONTHS. HE DEVELOPED METHODS FOR GROWING THAT PLANT DURING WINTER MONTHS. TODAY, THE NURSERY THAT ONCE THAT PLANT DURING WINTER MONTHS. TODAY, THE NURSERY THAT ONCE SURROUNDED THE HOME HAS BECOME A TODAY, THE NURSERY THAT ONCE SURROUNDED THE HOME HAS BECOME A CITY PARK. SURROUNDED THE HOME HAS BECOME A CITY PARK. HOME ITSELF IS PART OF A MUSEUM CITY PARK. HOME ITSELF IS PART OF A MUSEUM COMPLEX THAT REMINDS VISITORS OF HOME ITSELF IS PART OF A MUSEUM COMPLEX THAT REMINDS VISITORS OF THE RICH HISTORY OF THIS AREA. COMPLEX THAT REMINDS VISITORS OF THE RICH HISTORY OF THIS AREA. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR THE RICH HISTORY OF THIS AREA. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR DIRECTIONS TO THE KANKAKEE FOR MORE INFORMATION OR DIRECTIONS TO THE KANKAKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND DIRECTIONS TO THE KANKAKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM CALL (815)932-5279.