Former Galesburg High School girls basketball coach Evan Massey shares his insights on the game and other topics through his Massey Basketball blog, now featured here on WGIL.
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I have 25 questions designed to see if you can recognize some places in Galesburg. (Answers at the end- keep your score!)
#1- What is the name of this location?
#2- Where is this monument located?
#3- What is the name of this place?
#4- This is a front door of what Galesburg building?
#5- What is this an entrance to?
#6- What building is this?
#7- What building is this?
#8- Where is this wall?
#9- This is an entrance to what building?
#10- What building is this?
#11- What building is this?
#12- What is this house?
#13- Where is this?
#14- Where is this located?
#15- Where is this?
#16- Where is this?
#17- What is this house?
#18- Where is this located?
#19- Where is this plaque located?
#20- What building is this on?
#21- Where is the old Knox County Jail?
#22- Where is the Allen Chapel AME Church located?
#23- Where is this located?
#24- This was left by the “Class of 1874”, where is it?
#25- What is this house?
Answers
#1- Standish Park
#2- Beecher Chapel monument is located on South Broad Street between Simmons St. and Tompkins Street. It is just south of the old library.
#3- It is the famous Cubs bar- Duffy’s on South Cherry Street
#4- This is the Galesburg Armory on North Broad Street, across from Opie’s Bar.
#5- This is the entrance to First Christian Church on the corner of North and Broad streets
#6- Judy’s Restaurant on the corner of Broad and Fremont streets
#7- Central Congregational Church on the Public Square
#8- It is on South Cherry Street between Main and Simmons streets, Masa Sushi.
#9- It is the entrance to The Kensington, the old Hotel Custer at Kellogg and Simmons streets.
#10- Weinberg Arcade
#11- The Orpheum Theatre
#12- Sorry, it is where my grandparents had an apartment on the second floor. It is on East North Street, next to the Gale House.
#13- Gazebo at Lincoln Park
#14- Carl Sandburg College
#15- GHS tennis courts
#16- GHS Fine Arts Center
#17- The founder of Galesburg, George Washington Gale’s house.
#18- The Carl Sandburg statue on the Galesburg Public Square
#19- It is on the corner of Broad and Tompkins streets
#20- Knox College’s Old Main
#21- South Cherry Street., just south of South Street
#22- It is on Tompkins Street – between Cherry and Prairie streets
#23- The corner of Tompkins St and Prairie St.
#24- It was left by the Lombard Class of 1874, it is in front of Lombard school.
#25- It is one of the houses that Ronald Reagan lived in – 1260 N. Kellogg St.
22-25 Correct – You are George Washington Gale’s great-grandchild
17-21 Correct – You have read all of Carl Sandburg’s books.
12-16 Correct – You really need to get out more.
0-11 Correct – You live in Quincy, don’t you.
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