Danville
Danville
Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, 100 West Main
Street, Suite 146, Danville, IL 61832 (217) 442-2096 or
(800) 383-4386
Experience
Central Illinois’ Scenic Corridor- The Parks of
Vermillion County.
With over 12,000 acres of parks where you can
trek the trails & enjoy our wonderful waterways.
Camping, fishing, canoeing, horseback riding,
mountain biking, boating, history, hiking—we have it
all. For
information on the parks listed below call (800)
383-4386 Kennekuk
County Park (Lake Mingo), Middle Fork State Fish &
Wildlife Area & Kickapoo State Park (Middle Fork
Nat’l Scenic River), Lake Vermillion County Park,
Forest Glen Preserve (ranked botanically, #3 in the
state – Beech Grove handicapped trail), Harry
“Babe” Woodyard State Natural Area.
Lamon
House, Lincoln Park, this 1840’s cottage was built by
Joseph Lamon, cousin of Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln’s law
partner. (217)
442-2922 or (800) 383-4386
Vermilion
County Museum, 116 North Gilbert Street, Dr. William
Fithian built this as his family home in 1855.
Restored and furnished in the Victorian style, it
was the sire of a speech by Abraham Lincoln.
(217) 442-2922 or (800) 383-4386 Opening
Museum/Visitors center April 2002.
Adjacent to the Vermillion County Museum, the new
museum a replica building of the courthouse that Abraham
Lincoln practiced law in as a young man while he stayed
in Danville. (217)
442-2922 or (800) 383-4386 www.vermilioncountymuseum.org
Vermilion
County War Museum.
This over 12,800 sq. ft. military museum is
housed in what used to be a Carnegie Library.
The collection contains over 2,000 artifacts
& memorabilia from the early 1800’s to Desert
Storm. Displays
include; wood from “Old Ironsides, original discharge
papers from the Civil War, US, Japanese & German
weapons & equip. and much more.
For hours and infor call (800) 383-4386
Hoopeston
Hoopeston
Chamber of Commerse, 210 South Market, Suite 302,
Hoopeston, IL 60942 (217) 283-7873
McFarland
Early American Museum, RR 1 South, hundreds of pieces of
material dating back to the 1800’s.
Farm equipment, radios, washing machines plus
much more. (217)
283-6160
Rossville
“The
village of Unusual Shops,” more than thirty unusual
shops concentrated in the downtown area.
There is something for everyone – antiques,
collectibles, crafts, primitive, eateries and Christmas
“year round” and much more.
(217) 748-6771
The
Depot Museum, Benton Avenue, Open Memorial Day through
Labor Day. (217)
748-6615
Mann’s
Chapel, Built in 1857, Mann’s Chapel, the oldest
church in Vermillion County.
Tour by appointment only.
Call (217) 442-2922
Rossville
Historical Society Museum, located in the old Ross
Township Building, this museum contains three floors of
Ross and South Ross Township history included is a
military room, a jail, an old school room, country
store, tool room, drug store, geneology room, doctors
office & a room representing early business in Roo
& S. Ross Township dating 1872-present. Open Tuesday and Saturday, noon-4pm or by appointment.
(217) 748-6596
