50 Great Things in Quincy, IL Guide

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QUINCY REGIONAL AIRPORT + WORLD AEROSPACE MUSEUM

Swanky Mid-Century Modern airport terminal, circa 1972 Uniquely designed in a series of circular patterns by local architect, John Benya New Welcome Center (shown left) with relaxed seating and charging ports Upper observation decks and onsite restaurant offering midwestern com- fort food Aerospace Museum on the grounds displays aircraft from former Soviet blocked countries 1645 HWY 104 | QCY BLUE HAVEN CAFE: 217. 885.3010 MUSEUM jet-warbirds.com BY APPOINTMENT; GROUP TOURS AVAILABLE

QUINCY UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM 23

The first Underground Railroad stop east of Missouri and the oldest surviving 2-story brick house in Quincy Built in 1835 for prominent physician and abolitionist, Dr. Richard Eells, it is estimated that hundreds of enslaved people channeled through the Eells house Now a museum dedicated to educational Underground Railroad tours 415 JERSEY / QCY 217.223.1800

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