About the Glen Ellyn Historical Society

In 1968, the Vil­lage of Glen Ellyn pur­chased an old build­ing located on Geneva Road, just west of Main Street. This much-modified build­ing orig­i­nally was a stage­coach inn built by Moses and Joann Stacy in 1846, just 12 years after the first set­tlers arrived here.

At the urg­ing of Vil­lage offi­cials, The Glen Ellyn His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety was formed in 1969 by a group of vol­un­teers to assist the Vil­lage in restor­ing the build­ing to its orig­i­nal con­di­tion and to fur­nish it with period-appropriate fur­ni­ture, stoves, cook­ing and eat­ing uten­sils and tools. That task took seven years, but the result was an award-winning museum which stands today as the only fully restored stage­coach inn in Illi­nois rest­ing on its orig­i­nal foundation.

The Glen Ellyn His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety con­tin­ues to oper­ate Stacy’s Tav­ern Museum for the Vil­lage, pro­vid­ing reg­u­lar tours guided by knowl­edge­able docents. But the Society’s role in the com­mu­nity has grown con­sid­er­ably since 1969. Today it oper­ates the Glen Ellyn Cen­ter for His­tor­i­cal Research, the Glen Ellyn His­tory Cen­ter and His­tory Park, and Stacy’s Cor­ners Store, all located at His­toric Stacy’s Cor­ners, near the inter­sec­tion of Main Street and Geneva Road. In addi­tion, the Soci­ety pro­vides a wide range of edu­ca­tional offer­ings both at the Glen Ellyn His­tory Cen­ter and through­out the community.