Greater Harvard Area Historical Society

Greater Harvard Area Historical Society Harvard, Illinois local history artifacts and research assistance.

**Please note: We are opening May 31 for the season, Sundays 2-4pm.

We will also open by appointment, please call 815-943-3419 and we will do our best to accommodate you.

This clipping is going way back ....to September 6, 1906. The city school, the reunion of the 95th Illinois regiment and...
09/05/2026

This clipping is going way back ....to September 6, 1906. The city school, the reunion of the 95th Illinois regiment and "Chick " Osgood. Happy reading

Every year our Members receive a newsletter reviewing events that are a direct result of their membership. Anyone can be...
09/05/2026

Every year our Members receive a newsletter reviewing events that are a direct result of their membership. Anyone can become a Member and help us to continue to provide Harvard with additional programs, our page and Harvard's own History Museum. If you can help us with your support, we welcome donations of any amount as well as Memberships. We are all volunteers at this non-profit organization, and rely on your donations to help us to be available to this community. Thank You.

We have these two photo's taken in 1981, with only the identification being the Harvard Ice House. Probably before demol...
08/30/2026

We have these two photo's taken in 1981, with only the identification being the Harvard Ice House. Probably before demolition took place. West side of the bridge and close to the railroad tracks. Are there any followers than can provide any other information?

We’ve got another great program coming up next month, mark your calendar to be sure not to miss the history of our longs...
08/26/2026

We’ve got another great program coming up next month, mark your calendar to be sure not to miss the history of our longstanding Harvard Nursery!

Here is another old building that has been gone for some time. The building was owned at the time of the photo by Burton...
08/22/2026

Here is another old building that has been gone for some time. The building was owned at the time of the photo by Burton Farm Supply and was located in the area of the back of the former American Legion Hall.

Here is a photo of a home that many people will remember if they were in town at least 40 years ago.....It sure is a pri...
08/16/2026

Here is a photo of a home that many people will remember if they were in town at least 40 years ago.....It sure is a prize photograph for many of us. "It is rather unassuming and is surrounded by brick buildings. A storm door has been assembled from a screen door, probably, covered in tar paper and slatted diagonally to hold fast for one of our cold winters. The front porch is just a stoop with two steps. On the back of the picture is information which makes it a place of importance. It states: The old Brainard farmhouse. This farm from which the original plat of the city of Harvard was made. This house was built in 1840 and stood on the corner where Manley's Garage is now, which would be across the street from Dr. Morrow's offices, Motor Service on the west side of Johnson corner of Johnson and Brainard Streets." (It would be infinitely easier if they just stated the address, much time has elapsed since the clipping in the newspaper. I'm guessing they didn't think we would be interested in this so many years later ! My recollection is that it was on the west side of N. Johnson between E. Brainard and E. Front Street. Am I right?)

Harvard Moose Hall, Municipal Building and now in transition.....
08/08/2026

Harvard Moose Hall, Municipal Building and now in transition.....

Another great program in the books given by LeAnne Stafford Edgeton on the History of Stafford’s Shoes. LeAnne did a ste...
08/02/2026

Another great program in the books given by LeAnne Stafford Edgeton on the History of Stafford’s Shoes.
LeAnne did a stellar job walking us through her family’s business. Many thanks to her & her cousin Ed Sackley & Stafford’s employee Carol Carlson Berglund.

Here's another photo from the brochure of last week, showing the First State Bank on Diggins Street.
08/02/2026

Here's another photo from the brochure of last week, showing the First State Bank on Diggins Street.

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308 N. Hart Street/P. O. Box 505
Harvard, IL
60033

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2pm - 4pm

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