Charles Wenner House

Coordinates: 42°27′40″N 90°24′39″W / 42.46111°N 90.41083°W / 42.46111; -90.41083
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Charles Wenner House
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Charles Wenner House is located in Illinois
Charles Wenner House
Charles Wenner House is located in the United States
Charles Wenner House
Nearest cityGalena, Illinois
Coordinates42°27′40″N 90°24′39″W / 42.46111°N 90.41083°W / 42.46111; -90.41083
Arealess than one acre
Built1854; 170 years ago (1854)
Built byCharles Wenner
NRHP reference No.84001073[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 1984

The Charles Wenner House is an historic house located near Galena, Illinois, in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1] The house is significant for its connection to European settlers who arrived in the area in the mid-19th century to work the lead mines near Galena.[2]

The Wenner house had been vacant for thirty years by 1984, it had been used as a corn crib in 1954.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Brian McCormick (April 30, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Charles Wenner House" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-27.