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Funk Prairie Home Museum

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Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Funk Prairie Home Museum
Phone:
+1 309-827-6792

Hours:
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am - 4pm
Wednesday9am - 4pm
Thursday9am - 4pm
Friday9am - 4pm
Saturday9am - 4pm


The Funk Family is composed of Midwestern United States pioneers who did business in the fields of agriculture, politics, finance and civic life. Abraham Lincoln was one of Funk Farms' first attorneys and later served in the Illinois House of Representatives with Isaac Funk, who was a friend of Lincoln's and a booster when Lincoln ran for president. Funk and Lincoln were also responsible for bringing the Chicago & Alton Railroad through Bloomington-Normal in McLean County, detouring it from its originally planned route through Peoria.
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