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Compare pioneer and Victorian lifestyle when you visit the log cabin and brick Italianate home. An exhibition gallery and program space in an adjacent building features rotating exhibits of the society's collection.

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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


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

Vance Park

Opposite the art center and adjcent to City Hall, Vance Park is an extensively landscaped sunken garden featuring a serpentine brick wall from Thomas Jefferson's design at Charlottesville and lions'

Paris, IL Gardens

Heartland Antique Auto Museum

Walk among early cars from the turn-of-the-century through the early 1950's. This museum is also the site of a restoration shop for classic V12 and V16

Paris, IL Museums

Things to do near Paris, IL

Flood Plain Forge--- Blacksmith

Blacksmithing, artistic and useful iron work, is done in a smithy erected in 1928. There has been a blacksmith shop at this l...

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...

Southwestern Farm and Home Museum

he Southwestern Farm and Home Museum is a living memorial that offers an insight into rural and farming life. Exhibits includ...

Charleston Alley Theater

Located in the historic courthouse square. The Charleston Alley Theater is a local theater at it's best. In an intimate setti...

Monticello Golf Club

Course Access: PrivateHoles: 9Reserve Advance Tee Times: Yes...