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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The house is a 1½-story hall and parlor, log, and frame home built around 1864 for a low-income rural family....
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The 1836 Weir House is filled with an amazing display of artifacts representing local and county history with the recent addi...
The Pierre Menard Home is the finest example of French colonial architecture in the Central Mississippi Valley. The Post-on-S...
Formerly the home of Nicholas Jarrot, a French-born entrepreneur and land speculator. Construction began in 1807, making it o...