Points of Interest
Andover, Henry County, Illinois

ANDOVER LAKE PARK

well-equipped 10-acre park

central location for many festivities.

ANDOVER HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND GROUNDS

home of August Rehnstrom

built in 1861 by Eric Berglof

served as a temporary haven for Swedish immigrants in 1860's

On the front lawn

bell salvaged from Andover's first two-story school

millstones from original historic Edwards River Mill

historic marker denoting the fact that the first post office in Henry County was located in Andover Colony in May 1837

SITE OF ANDOVER'S FIRST TWO-STORY SCHOOL

Built in 1858

(Andover's first school was located just south of the colony, and was erected in the late 1830's.)

OLD SOUTH ANDOVER-PEORIA STAGECOACH ROAD

Follow this road about 1.5 miles south to site of Edwards River Mill, constructed in 1836.)

CHOLERA CEMETERY

(At the peak of the dread cholera epidemic wagons went from house to house in the colony picking up bodies.)

Many victims were buried in open trenches here in 1852-1853.

HOME OF ANDOVER'S FOUNDER

The Rev. Ithamar Pillsbury

WILLIAM S. WOOLSY HOUSE AND UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SITE

Built in 1838

ANDOVER STEAM MILL AND OLD TAVERN SITE

Built in 1879

AMERICAN WOMAN'S LEAGUE CHAPTER HOUSE

Built in 1911

National Register of Historic Sites

owned by the Andover Historical Society

AUGUSTANA LUTHERAN CHURCH

second church building of congregation.

Built in 1867

"Cathedral of the Prairie" seated 1,000 persons

JENNY LIND CHAPEL

Named after the famous Swedish nightingale singer, who made a sizable

contribution to construction of building in the 1850's

"Mother Church" of the former Augustana Lutheran Synod of America.

MIX-LOBECK HOUSE

Built in 1837

Swedish Methodist Church organized here August 26, 1849

Swedish Lutheran Church was organized on March 18, 1850

ANDOVER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Built in 1854

served the first Swedish congregation in Andover

rustic interior is enhanced by beautiful stained glass windows

FIRST SWEDISH METHODIST PARSONAGE IN THE WORLD

Built in 1855.

ANDOVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SITE

Built in 1856.

congregation was organized in 1838

PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY

Andover's founder, the Rev. Ithamar Pillsbury, and many other English settlers are buried here

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