The Roscoe Misselhorn Art Gallery features over 2000 original works of renowned Southern Illinois sketch artist, Roscoe Misslehorn, as well as exhibits by contemporary artists. Misselhorn was a local artist who gained fame through his sketches of Illinois and Missouri historic locations. He was often called the Norman Rockwell of the Midwest.
The building is the GM and O Railroad Depot that was a location for the 1967 movie, "In the Heat of the Night."
In 1966 Sparta, Illinois became Sparta, Mississippi for a few months as the movie "In the Heat of the Night" was filmed here. After Sparta was selected as the location, the town'
Sparta, IL Railroad HistoryThis museum contains several different types of artifacts. The museum holds the best collection of post cards from the 1904 World'
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A small portion of the original wall of the Confederate Prison was restored in 1973. The prison housed Confederate prisoners ...
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See an old electric chair (last used to execute a woman who killed her brother), and many county and Native American atifacts...