History museum

Cast Iron Stoves - A Turning Point in Domestic Technology

Cast-iron stoves were preferred over open fire hearths because they required less fuel, were more economical to install, and safer.

2018: Preservation Partners Begins Operation of Sholes School

The 1872 one-room school house was built on David Sholes farm in Burlington, Illinois and is now located at the LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles, Illinois.