The jail was constructed in 1859 using a design by A. B. Cross, a notable early architect in Kansas City, Missouri. It consisted of a home for the county marshal,…
This stately, two-story brick house was built in 1849. The home was considered to be a mansion because it was one of the first homes in the area to have…
This stately, two-story brick house was built in 1849. The home was considered to be a mansion because it was one of the first homes in the area to have…
The abstract to the land that the Talbot House currently sits on dates back to 1842. Under the April 24, 1820, Act of Congress, President John Tyler granted 160 acres…
1857-1915 From 1857 until 1869, the Coles County Poor Farm was located in Charleston Township near the small town of Loxa, Illinois. In 1870, the county purchased 260 acres from…