The story
The Palatine Historical Society has run the Clayson House as its museum since the library purchased it in 1975. Listed on the National Register in 1979, the house is furnished to the 1890-1900 period and is the place to see the town's photographs, records and artifacts, including the plaque program that marks Palatine buildings over 100 years old.
Everything that was here
- 1975–present · still open
Clayson House Museum (Palatine Historical Society)Museum
More than a thousand objects from Palatine's earliest days live in an 1873 house restored to the 1890s.
See the map in 1976 → - 1873–1975
George Clayson HouseResidence
George Clayson built this house in 1873 and kept it only eight years; it outlasted every owner and became the town's memory.
See the map in 1874 →
Nearby history
Spunky Dunkers Donuts
20 S Northwest Hwy · 311 m away
Slice of Chicago
36 S. Northwest Hwy · 317 m away
Hob Nob Restaurant
10 N Northwest Hwy · 319 m away
Pahlman Family Home
60 E Slade St · 341 m away
Built in 1865 and held by the same family until 1948, this cottage is one of the two oldest buildings on Slade Street.
Palatine Masonic Lodge #314
1 N. Plum Grove Rd · 450 m away
Darius Wood General Store and Post Office
3 E Slade St · 460 m away
Palatine's post office in the 1860s was the front room of Darius Wood's store, with the postmaster living out back.
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