The downtown sites of a longtime hotel and a former orphanage and foster home are now owned by the city of Galesburg.
Galesburg aldermen on Monday authorized the purchase of 314 S. Henderson St., 29 Public Square and 91 W. Simmons St. from the Knox County Trustee. The purchase price of $813 for each parcel is based on the minimum cost of acquisition and conveyance through the county’s Tax Liquidation Process…