NELSON STILLMAN HOUSE
Finding new life for an iconic house

LOCATION
CLIENT
CONSTRUCTED
PROJECT DATE
PROJECT SCOPE
Galena, IL
The Galena-Jo Daviess Co. Historical Society via MSR Design
1858
2018
Historical research, Historic Structure Report (HSR)




An iconic house finds new life with a
historical society.
CHALLENGE
The Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society became the new stewards of an historic house that had undergone numerous additions and alterations and sought to understand the construction history of the site in order to activate the building and further the historical society’s mission.
SUCCESS
New History worked with Minneapolis-based MSR, volunteers and staff of the Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society, and the Jeffries Family Foundation to develop an Historic Structure Report to aid in the reactivation of the nationally-designated property.