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Adams Memorial Library
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DuPage County Historical Museum in 2011
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| Location: | 102 East Wesley Street Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Built: | 1891 |
| Architect: | Charles Sumner Frost |
| Architectural style: | Romanesque Revival |
| Governing body: | DuPage County |
| NRHP Reference#: | 81000675 |
| Added to NRHP: | June 4, 1981 |
The DuPage County Historical Museum, formerly the Adams Memorial Library, is a museum designed by Charles Sumner Frost in Wheaton, Illinois. It was the first public library in Wheaton, donated by John Quincey Adams. Adams was a real estate investor and miller who moved to Wheaton in 1876. The endowment from Adams completely supported the facility until 1923, when Wheaton provided additional funds. The library classified books with the Dewey decimal system, becoming one of the first in Illinois to use this system. Adams Memorial was the main library in the region until a new library was constructed in 1965. The DuPage County Historical Society purchased the Adams Memorial building that year and transferred ownership to the county.