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Top 10 Most Endangered Landmarks in Galena

In a city that prides itself for historic preservation, and with one of the largest collections of architecturally significant buildings listed on the U.S. National Parks Service's National Register of Historic Places, it is astonishing to comprehend that many historic city properties are tragically under the threat of deterioration and eventual loss and decay.

 “Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men's blood. ... Make big plans ... remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing asserting itself with ever growing consistency.”

 Daniel H. Burnham 

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Galena Illinois and its Lead Mines

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Landmark Galena

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Prometheus. A Poem

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William H. Holmes

Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi River Valley

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Galena City Beautiful

The Galena City Beautiful Committee is a coalition of planners, experts, architects, artists, civic officials, journalists, business people, and volunteers collaborating together to create a more beautiful and harmonious urban environment for local inhabitants and visitors to the historic city of Galena.

Email: jennifer@chicagoathenaeum.org

Phone:  815 777 4444 

Address: 601 South Prospect Street
Galena, Illinois 61036, USA

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