The Haines House Museum in Bowen Park represents life in the 1870s and also features the story of beautiful and historic Bowen Park. Highlights include the bed Abraham Lincoln slept on while visiting the city, artifacts of the Bowen Country Club founded by Jane Addams and Louise DeKoven Bowen of Chicago’s Hull House, and three original paintings by former Waukegan resident Kate Cory, a prolific artist who lived among the Hopi people. The Haines House Museum is the former home of John C. Haines, a past mayor of Chicago, Illinois. It was built about 1843, making it one of the oldest surviving buildings in Lake County. It was enlarged to its present size in the 1870s.

Hours of Operation

• Saturdays 12:00PM - 3:00PM Open by appointment during the week