Atlanta
Atlanta
Library & Museum, Race Street, The octagon-shaped
bldg. is one of the few in Illinois & is on the
National Register of Historic Places.
It features classic details of the 1840’s with
solid oak woodwork.
A Seth Thomas clock tower is on the library lawn;
it must be hand cranked every 8 days.
(217) 648-2112
Hawes
Country Grain Elevator, Built early 1900, this
skyscraper of the Illinois Prairie stands erect and
relatively unchanged on it’s original site, just a
stones throw from the Atlanta Museum.
Chestnut
Geological
Center, a letter from the Illinois State Geological
Survey, signed by the Chief of National Resources and
the Chief of Environmental Geology and GeoChemistry
notified the city of Chestnut that they are the center
of the state. A monument stands in the village park and common in honor of
this distinction.
Elkhart
Elkhart
Hill, once owned by John Dean Gillett known as the
Cattle King of Illinois, historic cemeteries, a family
owned chapel, for tours by reservation call Elkhart
Historical Society or Miss Jessie’s Art Gallery.
(217) 947-2323 or 947-2238
Lincoln
Abraham
Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County, 303 South
Kickapoo, Lincoln, IL 62656 (217) 732-8687
Heritage
In-Flight Museum, Logan County Airport, 1351 Airport
Rd., the museum is filled with memorabilia from all the
military conflicts dating back to World War I.
(217) 732-3333
Lincoln
College Museum, 300 Keokuk Street, the repository of a
large collection of manuscripts, artifacts and other
memorabilia relating to the life of Abraham Lincoln.
The college also houses the Museum of Presidents,
to honor the Chief Executives from Washington to the
present day. (217)
732-3155, Ext. 294
Logan
County Courthouse, erected in 1905, the courthouse is
located on the square, which is a historic district.
It houses county offices and records, a statue of
Lincoln, murals plus historical display cases.
(217) 732-8687
Postville
Courthouse State Historic Side, 914 Fifth Street, a
reproduction of the first Logan County Courthouse in use
from 1840 to 1847.
Abraham Lincoln served as a lawyer on the Eighth
Judicial Circuit. (217)
732-8930
Mount
Pulaski
Mount
Pulaski, Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site
City Square, listed in the National Register of Historic
Places, it served as the county courthouse from 1847 to
1853. One
of two remaining courthouses on the Eighth Judicial
Circuit traveled by Abraham Lincoln. (217) 792-3919
Mount
Pulaski Township Historical Society
Museum, Historical museum with displays pertaining
to Mt. Pulaski Township.
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 12-4pm.
(217) 792-3719
