Tour Description

QUICK DETAILS: Duration: 3 hours Distance: Walking tour route is 1 mile Ages: All ages; group must include at least 1 adult chaperone for every 8 kids. All food and admissions included in the price of a ticket. This Tour is Perfect for Elementary & Middle School-Aged Children! • Great for IL social studies, art, history & humanities classes • Perfect for classroom groups, youth groups, homeschool groups, church groups, scouting groups, summer field trips, or any group with children. The Tour: Guests will meet their guide in Standish Park. We'll stroll across to Knox College's Alumni Hall where we'll head to the 3rd floor to learn about the founding of Galesburg and Knox College. We'll leave Knox and walk to several other points of interest including: • Old Knox County Jail, • Knox County Courthouse, • Mother Bickerdyke Monument, • Allen Chapel AME, and • Corpus Christi Church. Our walk continues to Jimmy's Pizza, where we'll have pizza for lunch. After lunch, we'll head to the Galesburg train depot, learning about Abraham Lincoln, the CBQ railroad, and the 54 Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Say cheese! We'll take a group on the backside of the CBQ S4 #3006 train with the city mural in the background. Then we'll head over to Sprinkle & Spoon where the group gets an exclusive behind the scenes experience in the kitchen- hair nets included! Each person will get ice cream fresh from the batch freezer that they can add their own mix-ins to. Next, we'll head over for a private tour of the Orpheum Theater, where everyone will get their own individual bag of Seminary Street's very own, JT's CarmelKorn. From there, we'll head over to Park Plaza/Galesburg sign for another group photo op. Lastly, we'll head back toward Standish Park, learning more about: • The Public Square, • Carl Sandburg Statue, • Central Congregational Church, and • Beecher Chapel Tours are offered on Wednesdays. For individual groups of 15- 25, please contact Shanell Lightfoot at 309.204.0844 or hello@galesburgcitytours.com for private tours.

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Contact Details

• Galesburg, IL, USA

  309-204-0844

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