McLean Museum and Dougal House

The McLean Museum was opened in 1988 in a brick church built in 1879 with bricks manufactured in Dunlap. It was a Baptist church and then a Lutheran one. It was later sold to a Bible Baptist congregation who kept it until 1983. The museum contains plat books, assessor's records and other records, some dating back to as early as the 1880's, that were saved by Don McLean, for whom the museum is named. On exhibit is a square grand piano that once was played in the Dunlap Opera House donated by Fred Clements and pictures from the Booster Buck Manufacturing Company which operated in Dunlap. A full size Booster Buck is on display. The Dougal House was once the parsonage for the church and was purchased in 1991 by Irene Dougal and given to the Historical Society as a memorial to her husband Lloyd Dougal. Among the interesting items in the house are a gasoline stove, pump organ, household utensils, clothing and furniture.