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Turner Town Hall
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| Location: | 130 N. West St. West Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Built: | 1884 |
| Architectural style: | Late Victorian & Italianate |
| Governing body: | City of West Chicago |
| NRHP Reference#: | 91000573 |
| Added to NRHP: | May 13, 1991 |
The West Chicago City Museum, originally the Turner Town Hall, is a museum in West Chicago, Illinois. It originally functioned as the first Village Hall of West Chicago, providing police and fire control services to the community. West Chicago was originally known as Junction, as three railroads crossed through it. The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad erected the first railway station in the town in 1849, and in five years' time, the town was an important railway maintenance stop. Working on steam engines and railway cars at the time induced a great fire hazard, but there was no city services to fight the blazes. All fire control was ineffectively provided by private companies. In 1883, the village, now known as Turner, approved the construction of a Town Hall. Aside from its town safety functions, the hall also provided a meeting place for citizens of the village and hosted a local museum. Fire protection was officially added in 1888. The town hall maintained its functions until 1976 when it was re-designated the West Chicago City Museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.