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Main Street is a commercial avenue housing the vast majority of Galesburg most popular independent businesses. Intended as a gathering place for the entire town Main Street is home to festivals, parades and much more for the city of Galesburg.

The new public library currently under construction directly across the street from Hope Cemetery. The new library will cost 21 Million Dollars to construct and will span an entire block sitting at 3 stories and 68,000 square feet.

4 stone slabs with a metal plaque signifying the Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest corners of the original boundaries of the town.

An old wooden chair in Knox College's Old Main is beautifully carved in memory to Abraham Lincoln. Its 19th-century craftsmanship is a tribute to Lincoln's legacy and the rich history of the city.

The first floor in Old Main has some very interesting items in there, such as the Lincoln chair. It was made in his memory as in 1858, in that very place was held the Lincoln-Douglas debate.