Explore Edgar County
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 BuildingsIndian 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 SitesGrave Of Sarah Hanks Varnell
Abraham Lincoln's aunt was buried in Ogden County cemetary in 1876
Paris, IL CemeteriesHeartland 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 MuseumsEdgar County Courthouse
This elegant 1893 brick and stone building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Paris, IL Historic CourthousesNorth 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 ChurchesAllis Chalmers Tractor Musuem
Come visit Allis Chalmers collection of tractor models from 1914-1957
Paris, IL MuseumsWall Mural
Artistic talent is showcased on a wall mural decorating a building on this quaint small town's square. The first mural at Illinois & Madison streeets was completed in the fall of 1998
Chrisman, IL ArtsVance 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