EVery year near Halloween the researchers at the Historical Society receive numerous requests for information about the "haunted high...

Harvey's Cobbler Shop  Jefferson St  Lawrenceville Frank Harvey shown in both photos

Ice House in Lawrenceville. Note that the street is brick.

The Town and Country Realty Company opened in its newly redecorated office at 1205 State St in the location formerly occupied by the Bill...

A deep dive continues into life in Lawrence County during July, August and September, 1878. The year of 1878 was to be remembered for its...

James C Allen was the Judge; Thomas H Huffman was the State’s Attorney. B L Cunningham was the Circuit Clerk; Issac Potts was the County...

In 1878, the newspapers reported about President Rutherford Hayes, the yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans, and discussed bimetallism...

Dr. Hugh Mayr, local dentist, located at 612 1/2 12th St Lawrenceville, displayed this list on his wall for several years. YOU KNOW YOU...

The Southern Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church accepted the Hennessey site in Lawrenceville Illinois for the location...

The History Center is located in what was once the Peoples National Bank, on the left side of the photo. You can just barely see the...