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Exhibitions for All Ages The Gaylord Building features a range of exhibits on the history of the canal: the people who built it, the towns that prospered along it, and the landscape that was shaped by it. On the ground floor is the permanent exhibit Illinois Passage: Connecting the Continent, which examines the impact of the Illinois & Michigan Canal on the development of the northeastern Illinois. Blending artifacts, historic photos and an engaging interpretive text, the exhibit provides visitors with an introduction to the role that the I & M Canal played in shaping Illinois’ destiny. The Illinois State Historical Society awarded the exhibit a Superior Achievement for exhibitions. Part of the citation states, “Based on extensive and impeccable research, the exhibition is a model of high quality design in service of sound educational goals.” The second floor gallery is currently hosting an exhibit celebrating |
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Celebrating Twenty Years: The Gaylord Building on the Public Landing, 1987-2007, a special exhibition by the Canal Corridor Association, opened on Friday, October 26, 2007, in the second floor gallery. The exhibit commemorates the historic site’s past, present and future. The Gaylord Building is a unique historic site – not a house museum but an adaptive re-use project that is redefining how historic sites are saved and interpreted in the United States. The Gaylord Building is one of the oldest commercial structures in Illinois. Built in 1838 as the supply depot for the Illinois & Michigan Canal’s construction, the building later served a variety of functions, including grain warehouse, dry goods store, lock factory and plumbing supply store. Renovated in the 1980s by the Gaylord Lockport Company, the limestone building received the Presidential Award for Historic Preservation in 1988 from President Ronald Reagan. In the 1996 the building was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which partnered six years later with the Canal Corridor Association to provide local management for the historic site. Celebrating Twenty Years has been made possible by the institutional support of Canal Corridor Association, Lewis University, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Will County Historical Society; and individual contributions by Mr. Gerald W. Adelmann, Mr. James Cowan, Dr. Dennis Cremin, Mrs. Barbara C. Donnelley, Mr. John Kilpatrick, Br. James Gaffney FSC, Ms. Laura Kiran, Ms. Anne W. Koleff, Ms. Ramona LaMontagne, Mr. Henry Pasch and Miss Heather Reed.Admission is FREE to the Gaylord Building’s exhibition galleries. |
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