List of attractions in Quincy, Illinois
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Registered Historic Places
- Coca-Cola Bottling Company Building
- Downtown Quincy Historic District
- Ernest M. Wood Office and StudioErnest M. Wood Office and StudioThe Ernest M. Wood Office and Studio is a building located in the Adams County, Illinois city of Quincy. The building was designed by Quincy architect Ernest M. Wood and reflects the designs of Frank Lloyd Wright as such it is an example of Prairie style architecture...
- John Wood MansionJohn Wood MansionJohn Wood Mansion was built in 1835 at the behest of Illinois Governor John Wood. The Greek Revival home is located in Quincy, Illinois which is in Adams County. The mansion was constructed by John Cleaveland and endured a move from its original site in 1864 to its current location...
, John WoodJohn Wood (governor)John Wood was the 12th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1860 to 1861. Wood was a founder and the first settler of Quincy, Illinois....
, founder of Quincy, 12th governorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
of Illinois. - Morgan-Wells HouseMorgan-Wells HouseThe Morgan-Wells House, also known as the Norwood-Morgan-Wells House, was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1977. The house is located in the Adams County city of Quincy, Illinois. This Italianate structure was built in 1860 onto another structure by...
- One Thirty North Eighth Building
- Quincy East End Historic District
- Quincy Northwest Historic District
- Richard F. Newcomb House
- Robert W. Gardner HouseRobert W. Gardner HouseThe Robert W. Gardner House in Quincy, Illinois, Adams County, is designed in the Second Empire style and found its place among the locales on the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1979. Though the building was constructed in the later half of the 19th century, 1873, the architect...
- S.J. Lesem Building
- South Side German Historic DistrictSouth Side German Historic DistrictThe South Side German Historic District is a neighborhood within Quincy, Illinois just south of downtown. The neighborhood includes most of Quincy's rich German architecture. The region is also widely known as "Calftown", named for the number of calves once owned by its inhabitants...
- State Savings Loan and Trust
- U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
- Villa de Kathrine, a romantic house built on the bluffs of the Mississippi. The castle is also designated as an Illinois Welcome Center.
- William S. Warfield House
- Woodland Cemetery (Quincy, IL)
Other Locations
- Gardner Museum of Architecture & Design, Located at the heart of DowntownDowntownDowntown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....
at Washington Park, the GMOA&D offers a breathtaking view of historic architecture from Quincy's historic past and beautiful stained glassStained glassThe term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings...
architecture from all over the world. - Quincy Museum, Explore through one of Quincy's most beautiful mansionMansionA mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
s which once made the cover of National Geographic as one of ten most architecturally significant corners in the United States. There you can explore Quincy's past as well as have some fun with the DinosaurDinosaurDinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
and SpaceSpaceSpace is the boundless, three-dimensional extent in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum...
exhibits. - Quincy Art Center
- Jesus Tree, an old tree located in Calvary Cemetery that has the image of JesusJesusJesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
holding a lambDomestic sheepSheep are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name "sheep" applies to many species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to Ovis aries...
embedded in its bark. - Illinois Veterans Home & All Wars Museum, the oldest and largest of the Illinois Veterans Home, has had its home in Quincy since the Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. Some features here include a small zoo/park, space rocketRocketA rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engine. In all rockets, the exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use. Rocket engines work by action and reaction...
at the back gates, and the amount of militaryMilitaryA military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
equipment on display throughout the facility. - Mississippi Valley Auto Museum, On the shores of Quincy BayQuincy BayQuincy Bay is the largest of the three small bays of southern Boston Harbor, part of Massachusetts Bay and forming much of the shoreline of the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. Locally in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy it is known as Wollaston Bay...
rests the Mississippi Valley Auto Museum, which features carsCARSCars, or automobiles, motor cars, are wheeled motor vehicles used for transporting passengers.Cars or CARS may also refer to:-Entertainment:* Cars , a Disney/Pixar film series...
from the start, such as the Model AModel AModel A may refer to:* Ford Model A , a model of car built by the Ford Motor Company* Ford Model A , a model of car built by the Ford Motor Company* One of the letter-series models of Farmall tractors...
and more... - Quinsippi Isle, Located right in the middle of the mighty Mississippi is the isleIsleIsle may refer to:* An island, land surrounded by water* Isle, Haute-Vienne, a commune of the Haute-Vienne département in France* Isle, Minnesota, a small city in the United States* Isle , a river in France* River Isle, a river in England...
of Quinsippi. Here explore old an historic villageVillageA village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
with log cabinLog cabinA log cabin is a house built from logs. It is a fairly simple type of log house. A distinction should be drawn between the traditional meanings of "log cabin" and "log house." Historically most "Log cabins" were a simple one- or 1½-story structures, somewhat impermanent, and less finished or less...
s, much like that of the 19th century. Hike or bike across the island through many of the island hiking trails. - Clatt Adams Park, Clatt Adams Park rests in-between both the Quincy Memorial BridgeQuincy Memorial BridgeThe Quincy Memorial Bridge is a truss bridge over the Mississippi River in Quincy, Illinois. It brings eastbound U.S. Highway 24 into the city of Quincy from Missouri...
and the Quincy Bayview BridgeBayview BridgeThe Bayview Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge bringing westbound U.S. Highway 24 over the Mississippi River. It connects the cities of West Quincy, Missouri and Quincy, Illinois. Eastbound U.S. 24 is served by the older Quincy Memorial Bridge....
, and offers a breathtaking view of the Mississippi, especially at sunsetSunsetSunset or sundown is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon in the west as a result of Earth's rotation.The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment the trailing edge of the Sun's disk disappears below the horizon in the west...
. - Stone Arch Bridge (South Park), South Park is located on the south side of Quincy. The park is bordered on the north by R.J Peters Road, east by 12th Street, west by 8th street, and south by Curtis Creek. The park features a baseball diamond, playgroundPlaygroundA playground or play area is a place with a specific design for children be able to play there. It may be indoors but is typically outdoors...
, many hiking trails, pondPondA pond is a body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is usually smaller than a lake. A wide variety of man-made bodies of water are classified as ponds, including water gardens, water features and koi ponds; all designed for aesthetic ornamentation as landscape or architectural...
s, and in the winter is a popular spot for sleddingSleddingSledding , sledging , sleding or tobogganing is a common activity in wintry areas, similar to sliding, but in a prone or seated position requiring a device or vehicle generically known in the US as a sled or in other countries as a sledge or toboggan...
and snowboardingSnowboardingSnowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
due to its vast rolling hills. - Historic Maine Street, From 14th Street to 30th Street along Maine Street lies some of the nation's most beautiful examples of German architecture. Also, the street is home to some of Quincy's historic buildings such as the Quincy Museum, Junior High, and Madison School.
- World Aero Space Museum, 5 miles east of Quincy at the regional airport is the World Aero Space Museum, which houses some of America's top fighter planes from the Cold WarCold WarThe Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
era. - Quincy National CemeteryQuincy National CemeteryQuincy National Cemetery is a small United States National Cemetery located in the city of Quincy, in Adams County, Illinois. It encompasses slightly less than a half an acre, and as of the end of 2005, had 581 interments...
, Located on Maine & 36th Streets, the Quincy National Cemetery serves as the final resting place of the nation's fallen heroes from the region. - Oakley-Lindsay CenterOakley-Lindsay CenterThe Oakley-Lindsay Center is the regional convention center for Quincy, Illinois and the tri-state region. It opened in 1995 at a cost of $8 million. It serves as the convention hub of the Quincy micropolitan area and fills the market in-between St. Louis and Iowa City.The center served as a...
, Just a half mile from Quincy's downtown and 3 blocks from the Mississippi, The Oakley-Lindsay Center is the area's convention complexConvention centerA convention center is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees...
ready for anything reserved. The Quincy Community Theater also resides in this building with many performances that almost match those of Broadway. - Muddy River Opera CompanyMuddy River Opera CompanyLocated in Quincy, Illinois, the Muddy River Opera Company was founded by Mary Anne Scott and Mary Jane McCloskey in 1989 as a non-profit arts organization. The company was incorporated in 1990. Scott and McCloskey had two goals in mind: to make professional operatic performances and educational...
, Founded in 1989, the Muddy River Opera Company is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to presenting professional operatic performances and educational opportunities for the tri-state area. - First Maid Rite, Quincy is the home of the very first Maid-RiteMaid-RiteMaid-Rite is an American casual dining franchise restaurant chain. Before it became a restaurant chain, it was a single restaurant, opened in 1926 by Fred Angell. By the end of the 1920s, there were four franchises granted; these four restaurants are still in operation.Maid-Rite Corporation's CEO...
restaurantRestaurantA restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
in the franchiseFranchisingFranchising is the practice of using another firm's successful business model. The word 'franchise' is of anglo-French derivation - from franc- meaning free, and is used both as a noun and as a verb....
. It is located on North 12th Street, near the entrance to Blessing Hospital.
Regional Events
- 4th of JulyIndependence Day (United States)Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain...
at The River, Music, Movies, amusements, and fireworks by the Bayview Bridge. - Adams County Fair
- Avenue of Lights, Christmas lights fill Moorman Park.
- Big Dam Film FestivalBig Dam Film FestivalThe Big Dam Film Festival is an annual event organized by Young Professionals of the Quincy Area, a Non-Profit Networking and Community Development organization in Quincy, Illinois...
, independent film festival - Blues in the District, Local and National bands rock down at Washington Square to play jazz or blues in front of a public adiendce.
- Bridge The Gap To Health, Race across the Bayview Bridge to help fund the cure for diseases.
- Dogwood Festival, Parade and Festival including amusements at Washington Square to celebrate the flowering dogwoodFlowering DogwoodCornus florida is a species of dogwood native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southern Ontario, Illinois, and eastern Kansas, and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas, with a disjunct population in Nuevo León and Veracruz in eastern Mexico.-Classification:The flowering...
tree. - Gus MackerGus MackerThe Gus Macker 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament is a nationwide event for players of a variety of age and skill levels in the United States. Although every tournament is different, a typical Gus Macker event involves dozens of temporary courts set up in parking lots or closed-off public streets...
, Largest 3-3 basketball championship in the state. - The Crossing ChurchThe Crossing ChurchThe Crossing is an independent, non-denominational church headquartered in Quincy, Illinois associated with the Christian Churches in the Restoration Movement. The church oversees locations in Macomb, Illinois, Kirksville, Missouri and Pittsfield, Illinois. and maintains an online presence.The...
has been listed as one of America's fastest growing mega-churches, and host the Journey To Bethlehem, where visitors can take a journey to witness the birth of the baby Jesus. Filled with amusements, animals, and a walk through the woods. - Quincy, IL Knights of Columbus BBQ, amusements and games at the Knights of Columbus Park.
- Midwest Vinetage Go-Kart Race & Show, Racers from all over the Midwest gather to show their skills at go-kart racing.
- Movies on the Muddy, Watch movies outside once a month at the edge of the Mississippi.
- Pepsi Little People's Golf ChampionshipsPepsi Little People's Golf ChampionshipsThe Pepsi Little People's Golf Tournament is one of the largest international golf tournaments in the world for ages 3 to 19 and occurs every year in the community of Quincy, Illinois, USA and several other communities in the region depending on the age divisions.- History :The event was founded by...
, largest international golf tournament in the United States for ages 3 to 21. - Quincy Races & Monster Jam
- Rock The River, Bands perform at the edge of the Mississippi
- Smoke on the River, BBQ Competition, held annually since 2007 on the second weekend of September, located at Kesler Park and The Dock
- Soap Box DerbySoap Box DerbyThe Soap Box Derby is a youth soapbox car racing program which has been run in the United States since 1934. World Championship finals are held each July at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio...
, Young racers compete to win prizes and continue into the nationals. - Titan Wheel Firecracker Classic
- U.S Catfish Anglers Tournament, Largest fishing contest in the US.
- WGEM Home & Living Show, Convention that shows the newest home goods.
Past events
Quincy is a former home of the World Freefall Convention. The convention ("boogie") was the skydiving world's most heavily attended event. Quincy set the world record with 5,732 skydivers from 55 countries in August, 2000. The event is now held annually in Rantoul, IllinoisRantoul, Illinois
Rantoul is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,674 at the 2010 census. The present mayor is Neal Williams, who was re-elected in 2009...
. The convention was not invited to return to Quincy as a result of numerous brushes with local law enforcement by attendees, including petty theft, vandalism, and rampant drug use.