Explore Edgar County
Indian 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 SitesWall 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 ArtsEnglish 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 BuildingsAllis Chalmers Tractor Musuem
Come visit Allis Chalmers collection of tractor models from 1914-1957
Paris, IL MuseumsEdgar County Courthouse
This elegant 1893 brick and stone building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Paris, IL Historic CourthousesEdgar County Historical Society
Compare pioneer and Victorian lifestyle when you visit the log cabin and brick Italianate home. An exhibition gallery and program space in an adjacent building features rotating exhibits of the society'
Paris, IL MuseumsNorth 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 Churches