Bureau County Historical Museum

Overview

The Bureau County Historical Society Museum is located behind the Courthouse square at the intersection of beautiful Park Avenue West and Pleasant Street in Princeton, Illinois. The museum consists of two buildings that are next door to each other: the Clark-Norris Home, a handsome Prairie Square mansion built in 1900, and the Newell-Bryant House, a stately Greek Revival house dating back to 1853. Driving Directions From I-80: Exit at the Princeton exit (#56.) Turn left at the stop light and travel through town on Main Street. At the four-way stop sign at the Courthouse, turn right. The Museum is behind the Courthouse. There is free parking on Park Avenue in front of the Museum.