No visit to Moultrie County is complete without a visit to the Old Order Amish settlement located in Moultrie and adjoining Douglas County. Although primarily farmers, many of the Amish use their multiple talents in the more than 225 Amish cottage businesses which dot the landscape.

Arriving to the area in 1865, the Amish lifestyle and tradecrafts are a perfect living window into the time in which Lincoln lived and traveled throughout Illinois.

Some of the most beautiful and well-built furniture you will ever find is made by the Amish, and they also design and provide cabinets for kitchens, gazebos for yards and wooden toys for children. A visit to any of these businesses will give the visitor a sense of the past whenever they step inside to discover how harness, tack and buggies are made by the craftsmen, how horses are shod and how quilts are made. The Amish also repair bicycles, sell produce and custom butchered meats, make canvas awnings and boat covers, as well as vinyl products and lamps, restore furniture, sell all types of fabrics, do custom upholstery, maintain a health food store and offer many other services.

The Arthur Chamber of Commerce provides maps to identify the location of most of these cottage industries, but many can be located by driving the rural roads in the area and seeing the hand-painted signs.

www.IllinoisAmishCountry.com

Address: Arthur, IL

The Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society's purpose is to bring together those interested in the history and genealogy of Moultrie County, to discover, collect, and preserve any material which may help establish or illustrate the history of the area and all its people, to provide for the cataloging and for the preservation of such material and for its accessibility to those who wish to examine or study it. Also, to stimulate and encourage an interest in the genealogy of our ancestors, to promote and publish material in a quarterly publication covering Moultrie County, other counties, neighboring states, and other areas from which our settlers and ancestors came.

If you are looking for Lincoln in Moultrie County, this is a good place to start! The Heritage Center has a large collection of historical and genealogical data pertaining not only to Moultrie County, but to most of the continental United States. Limited research is done free for members of the Society who enclose a SASE with their query.

www.354.com/bethany/genealogy.htm

Address: 117 East Harrison St., Sullivan, IL	Contact: (217) 728-4149
Hours: Sat & Mon : 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Arrangements for special group tours can be made by calling the Heritage Center.

The Moultrie County Courthouse is the only site in Moultrie County, Illinois that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in the county seat of Sullivan, the courthouse has been listed on the register since 1995.

The people voted in the spring of 1904 to build the court house and work was commenced as soon as the contract was let that summer and the corner stone was laid Oct 14, 1904.

The Moultrie County Courthouse was dedicated November 12, 1906. It was authorized by the citizens in February 1904, designed by Deal & Ginzel, Lincoln, IL and built by H. B. Walter, Danville, IL for $87,000, including furnishings. It is 75 feet by 90 feet and 112 feet to the top of the dome. There is a marker outside that denotes this location was a stop on Lincoln’s Eighth Judicial Circuit, as well as other beautiful markers and statuary.

Address: 10 South Main St., Sullivan, IL	Contact: (217) 728-4622
Hours: Mon - Fri : 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Closed on holidays.