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The Bishop Hill Colony was the landmark Swedish settlement in Western Illinois leading the large Swedish-American communities in Galesburg, Rock Island, and Chicago. Its archives, artifacts, and structures today are important documents for the study of immigration, ethnic heritage, and 19th century communitarian societies."
Today visitors can enter the two-story frame Greek Revival-style Colony Church (1848), part of which was once used as single-room apartments by colony residents and which features a museum about Bishop Hill's history and reproductions of Colony artifacts, the three-story stuccoed-brick Colony Hotel (1852-ca. 1860), the small two-story frame ...
Bishop Hill is a village in Henry County, Illinois, United States, along the South Edwards River. The population was 113 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] It is the home of the Bishop Hill State Historic Site , a park operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency .
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The Olof Johnson House is a historic house located at 408 NW 4th Street in Galva, Illinois. The house was built in 1863 for Olof Johnson, one of the trustees of the Bishop Hill Colony . In addition to his position within the colony, Johnson also played a significant role in Galva's founding and named the community after his birthplace of Gävle ...
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