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About ElGinPublicMuseum.org
The natural history collection belonging to Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Lord was first exhibited in the Lords Park Pavilion in 1898. However, it was the Lords' desire that their collection be housed in its own building. In 1904 local architect David E. Postle was contracted to design a building to serve this purpose. Construction of the current building's central structure began two years later, to be paid for in donations, the largest donation coming from the Lords. When Mr.
