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North Arm

North Arm is the oldest continuously operating Catholic church in the Springfield diocese. Founded in 1817 by 17 families from Kentucky, the journey was blessed by Fr. Theodore Badin, the first Catholic priest ordained in the U.S. The current church was built in 1901

Paris, IL Historic Churches

Grave Of Sarah Hanks Varnell

Abraham Lincoln's aunt was buried in Ogden County cemetary in 1876

Paris, IL Cemeteries

Edgar County Courthouse

This elegant 1893 brick and stone building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Paris, IL Historic Courthouses

English Farm

As you drive by this farm, your eye is drawn upward to a towering brick structure near the modern brick home. The building, erected around 1913

Paris, IL Historic Buildings

Indian Treaty Site

A marker commemorates where two important trails intersected on the prairie - Detroit to St Louis and Peoria to Terre Haute. In 1765

Paris, IL Historic Sites

Things to do Tours near Paris, IL

Amish Country Tours

A step-on guide will accompany your tour of Amish homes and farms. Also meals in Amish homes, afternoon frolic, Amish museum ...

City Water, Light and Power

CWLP, Springfield's municipally owned utility, provides tours of its water purification plant and Dahlman power plant....

Amish Country Information Center

A visitor's center containing maps and information on the entire Amish area. 150 Amish craft shops on their farm sites dot th...

Mullen's Dressings

Watch these yummy dressings being made from the storefront in downtown Historic Palestine, or go in, take a tour and sample i...

Moss Clydesdale Farm

This family raises and shows some of the largest horses in the world. Clydesdales once did the work of the farm, but now do m...