Benld
Coliseum
Antique Mall, I-55, Exit 44, 4 mi. to Benld left on Rt.
4. (217) 835-7788 Open
7 days a week, 10-5.
13,000 sq ft of shopping, 13 acres for outside
selling.
Carlinville
Carlinville
Chamber of Commerce, 126 East Main Street, Carlinville,
IL 62626 (217)
854-2141 Designated as Macoupin County’s seat in 1829, Carlinville
is a charming Victorian town known for its elegant city
square and picturesque historic district.
The community of 5600 residents was proud to have
been named on of “The 100 Best Small Towns in
America” by author Norman Crampton in both his 1993
and 1996 publications.
Blackburn
College, 700 College Avenue, founded in 1839,
Illinois’ least expensive private college, offers six
to eight performances to the public during The McConagha
Concert Series. (217)
854-3231
Carlinville
Historic District, nearly one-third of the only
Carlinville in the world, was placed on the National
Register of Historic Places in Illinois in 1976.
(217) 854-2141
Macoupin
County Courthouse, 200 East Main Street, dubbed the
“Million Dollar Courthouse” it was once the largest
courthouse in the United States. (217) 854-2141
Macoupin
County Historical Museum Breckenridge Street, the museum
features numerous items from Macoupin County’s past.
(217) 854-2850
Macoupin
County Jail, built in 1869 by the same architect as the
courthouse, using the “cannon ball” method to
prevent escapes. (217)
854-2141
Standard
Adition, is the largest collection of Sears &
Roebuck Mail Order Homes in the U.S. 152 of the original
156 homes are still standing in this section of
Carlinville. (217)
854-2141
Gillespie
Coal
Country Chamber of Commerce, 112 W. Chestnut, P.O. Box
57 Gillespie, IL 62033
(217) 839-4888 Supports the communities of Benld, Eagarville, Gillespie, E.
Gillespie, Sawyerville, Mt. Clare, Wilsonville and
Dorchester
Girard
Girard
Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 92, Girard, IL 62640
Mount
Olive
Mount
Olive City Hall, 200 East Main Street, Mt. Olive, IL
62069 (217) 999-4261
Mother
Jones Monument, in the Union Miners Cemetery honors the
crusader for coal miners’ rights.
Placed on the National Register of Historic
Places.
Shipman
Southwestern
Farm and Home Museum, Route 16, a living memorial that
offers an insight into rural and farming life.
Exhibits include antique farm implements and a
great number of household items.
(618) 729-4186 or 836-5840
Staunton
Staunton
Chamber of Commerse, P.O. Box 248, Staunton, IL 62088
(618) 635-8356
Staunton
Main Street, 106 N. Wood St., Staunton, IL
(618) 635-2418
Crystal
Ballroom, I-55, Exit 41 W. Staunton, IL
(618) 635-3506
For your listening and/or ballroom dancing
pleasure we are host to many international big band
orchestras. 3500
sq ft wooden dance floor with a beautiful Italian
chandelier constructed of 2200 crystal pieces.
