Peoria Public Library, Peoria, Illinois - Discussion

Anonymous · Oct. 31, 2025, 11:49 a.m.

Discussion thread for Peoria Public Library, Peoria, Illinois.

Peoria Public Library, according to local lore, was built upon cursed ground. So the story goes, Mrs. Andrew Gray lived in a house here around 1830. Family and financial hardships led to a foreclosure on her home, and Mrs. Gray cursed the property and all of its future owners. Her curse is said to...

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