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Voices From the Grave: Barnes Mansion | The Rock River Times

Posted by on July 13, 2016


By Kathi KresolContributor

The sounds of long-forgotten music are heard in the halls of a home on Rockford’s west side. The house was built on the Rock River in 1893 by W.F. Barnes for his family.

The music has been heard by several employees of the Burpee Natural History Museum who now owns the building. The building was once used as the actual museum but now contains administrative offices.

A former employee whose office was on the first floor of the three-storied … (View original article)

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