Elihu Benjamin Washburne House

Elihu Benjamin Washburne House and its collection

The Elihu Benjamin Washburne House , also known as the Washburne-Sheehan House , is a .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px} 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story Greek Revival house located at 908 Third Street in Galena, Illinois . Constructed in 1844–45, the building was built for and owned by Elihu Benjamin Washburne , a prominent Galena lawyer who served in Congress during the American Civil War , and as Secretary of State and Minister to France under President Ulysses S. Grant , another famous Galenian. The Washburne House was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973.