Is located at 105 South High Street.
It is now Miss Murphy's B&B. Rooms rent from $175 to $225.
Edward Kittoe was good friends with U.S. Grant, who rented a house a few doors away before the Civil War.
The original part of the house was constructed 1845-1850 and additions have been made in 1861 and 1870.
Dr. Kittoe was recorded as a physician practicing on Main Street in Galena in 1854 in the City of Galena Directory and listed as living at this home.
His obituary describes him as "a very modest man who shunned notoriety... No man living had a kinder or more sympathetic heart. He despised falsehood, hypocrisy and sham, and was incapable of amean or despicable act."
When Dr. Kittoe died in September of 1887, his funeral procession was reported as being oneof the largest ever seen in Galena. After the service at Grace Episcopal Church, of which he was a member for over 30 years, he was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Stay in Some History. --Old Secesh
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