Facility seats 2,500 and is available for rent. Styled in Georgian Revival Architecture, the Society for Historical Preservation of Franklin County is continually restoring the building to it's once original condition. The restored areas of the building are open for viewing, showing such things as Charlie Birger, a gangster during the early 1900's and the last man hung in Illinois. General John A. Logan and many other Civil War exhibits are on display. It also houses the Franklin County Tourism Bureau where you can get information, brochures, and directions.
Tours are available during museum hours.
This Inn had been restored and is now a museum depicting life in rural Southern Illinois in the 1800's. Open scheduled days only. Dedicated in 1974, the old Logan School building has been renovated to be used as a preservation of the history of the area from 1802 through 1976. A pioneer home has been created from five display rooms and the museum contains a genealogy library. Originally built in 1904, this structure was destroyed by fire.