• Thursday Think & Drink: History of Lockport High School’s Central Campus

    Gaylord Building, Lockport 200 W. 8th Street, Lockport, IL, United States

    For our inaugural event, we'll be exploring the history of Lockport High School's Central Campus! This iconic Lockport landmark dates back to 1909 and has ushered generations of Porters through its storied halls. The banquet room and bar open at 6:30pm. The presentation begins at 7pm. What

  • The Historic Gaylord Building Plein Air Painting

    Gaylord Building, Lockport 200 W. 8th Street, Lockport, IL, United States

    Join the Lemont Artist Guild and Gallery Seven for a Plein Air Painting Event. Capture the Lincoln Landing's Fall Colors!!!

  • Regional History Symposium: Place and the Environment on the occasion of the 175th Anniversary of The Illinois & Michigan Canal

    Gaylord Building, Lockport 200 W. 8th Street, Lockport, IL, United States

    Lewis University and the Gaylord Building Historic Site invite you to a symposium marking the 175th anniversary of The Illinois & Michigan Canal - part of a year-long series of events held along the 96-miles of the nation's first National Heritage Area. 9 - 9:25 am  

  • Plein Air Painting at the Historic Gaylord Building

    Gaylord Building, Lockport 200 W. 8th Street, Lockport, IL, United States

     Join the Lemont Artist Guild and Gallery Seven for a Plein Air painting event at the Historic Gaylord Building. Open to the public. Sign up at Galleryseven.net.

  • Reclaiming the Narrative

    Gaylord Building, Lockport 200 W. 8th Street, Lockport, IL, United States

    Now on display in the Gaylord Building’s first-floor gallery through July 14th! African Americans called the Joliet region home before its incorporation in 1852. They have built up the community, found jobs, and enjoyed life in the Des Plaines River Valley. In spite of this long history,

  • Lockport Dinner Lecture: Pullman: 125 Years After the Strike

    Gaylord Building, Lockport 200 W. 8th Street, Lockport, IL, United States

    Join us on Thursday November 14th 2019, 6pm - 8:30pm, for an entertaining evening at the beautiful, historic Public Landing Restaurant in Lockport, IL, with National Park Ranger Sue Bennett and her presentation Pullman: 125 Years After the Strike. The local Pullman strike in the summer of 1894

  • Dinner & a Little History: World War II on the Great Lakes

    Gaylord Building, Lockport 200 W. 8th Street, Lockport, IL, United States

    Join us, Wednesday November 14th 2018, at the Gaylord Building for our Dinner Lecture Series: World War II on the Great Lakes! The Great Lakes of North America were far from the battlefields of World War II but the factories, training camps, and shipyards of the region