The pioneer village of Hillsboro was less than a dozen years old when Solomon Harkey built his two-story Federal style home in 1834. A plain house by today's standards, it must have seemed a mansion at a time when even the Montgomery County courthouse was a simple log structure. The Harkey family had come to Illinois in 1830 from North Carolina. Read More....

The Solomon Harkey House is open on special occasions and by appointment.

Contact: Historical Society of Montgomery County

 

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Solomon Harkey Biography | Harkey House Location Map | Abraham Lincoln Statue 

 

 

 

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