John Wood Mansion, Quincy

About John Wood Mansion

The John Wood Mansion in Quincy offers visitors a tour through 14 rooms of a restored 1835 Greek Revival home filled with period furnishings and artifacts from the mid-1800s. John Wood, Quincy's founder and Illinois' 12th Governor, lived here during the Civil War era, and his study includes a desk previously owned by Orville Browning. The mansion site encompasses multiple buildings: a log cabin with interpreters and an herb garden depicting 1830s pioneer life, a livery gallery displaying marble memorial tablets, an 1840 fire pumper, and ice-cutting tools from Quincy's past. A visitor's center houses a research library and Lincoln Gallery. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, the mansion was named one of Illinois' 200 Great Places by the American Institute of Architects. The site suits history enthusiasts interested in understanding how John Wood shaped Quincy's development through business, civic leadership, and political service.