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Quincy
Tour 1
10:00
a.m.
Golden, IL, Prairie Mills Windmill
Prairie Mill Windmill, a smock mill built in 1892, with its original
stones, gears, etc. still in place. Located at 902 Prairie Mills
Road | 217.696.2722
11:30
a.m. Tour of Quincy's East End
Historic District and historic Maine Street
to view some of the most significant architecture outside of Chicago.
12:00
p.m. Lunch at Tiramisu Italian Restaurant, at 137
North 3rd Street. A lunch menu provided |
217.222.9560
1:30
p.m.
Arrive at Villa Kathrine for a tour of our visitor's
center, our own Mediterranean castle overlooking the Mississippi
River.
2:30
p.m.
Tour of the Quincy Museum, at 1601 Maine St.
This spectacular museum located in Quincy's East End Historic
District is on the National Register of Historic Places.
3:30
p.m.
Drive through Quincy's historic German district.
Many of the homes in Calftown have been restored; see the old
German school, drive by Dick Brother's Brewery, once larger than
Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis.
5:00
p.m.
Dinner at The PatioRestaurant,
133 South 4th Street 217.222.6065
7:00
p.m.
Drive down to Clat Adams Park along the Riverfront
for a sunset viewing.
Quincy
Tour 2
9:30
a.m.
Visit the Jesus Tree, at Calvary Cemetery,
1730 North 18th Street
10:00
a.m.
Visit the Illinois Veterans' Home, the largest
and oldest Veteran Home in Illinois, 1707 North 12th Street.
10:15
a.m.
The All Wars Museum, located at the entrance
of the Veterans' Home.
11:00
a.m.
Tour the Dr. Richard Eells House, 415 Jersey.
The oldest standing two-story home in Quincy was once a stopping
point on the Underground Railroad.
12:00
Noon Lunch at the Pier Restaurant, 401 Bayview
Drive (Riverfront) 217.221.0020
1:15
p.m.
Visit the Quincy Museum, at 1601 Maine St.
217.224.7669
2:30
p.m.
Tour the Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design,
332 Maine St. 217.224.6873
3:30
p.m. Light bite at TCBY Yogurt, 18th &
State St. 217.228.2292
