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2004- Kruse House Museum

$10.00

This Four Square style home at 527 Main Street was built circa 1917 for Fred and Bertha Buchert Kruse. Fred was a collector for the Chicago & North Western Railroad. The Kruses’ daughter, Celia, bequeathed the house to the West Chicago Historical Society upon her death in 1975. The Society has operated it as a house museum since 1979. The house retains its original period furnishings.

This Four Square style home at 527 Main Street was built circa 1917 for Fred and Bertha Buchert Kruse. Fred was a collector for the Chicago & North Western Railroad. The Kruses’ daughter, Celia, bequeathed the house to the West Chicago Historical Society upon her death in 1975. The Society has operated it as a house museum since 1979. The house retains its original period furnishings.