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Postville open house Saturday
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[NOV. 29, 2005]
Take a step back in time and enjoy period
holiday decorations, music and sweets during the Christmas open
house scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 3, from noon to 4 p.m. at
Postville Courthouse State Historic Site. The event is free and open
to the public.
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The courthouse will be decorated in the simple but beautiful style
of the mid-1800s, and its Christmas tree will feature prairie dolls,
wooden decorations and grapevines. Tour guides will explain the
ornaments on the tree and how they were crafted in the 1840s. Hand
quilting will take place, and period music by the Postville Express,
featuring John Sutton, Manny Gaston and others, will fill the
historic building. A Lincoln impersonator will greet visitors.
Prairie pumpkin cake and fruit punch will also be served. The site
has added 300 feet of decorations along the log fence this year.
Postville Courthouse State Historic Site in Lincoln is administered
by the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency. It is a reproduction of the first Logan
County Courthouse, in use from 1840 to 1847, and Abraham Lincoln
practiced law in the original wooden structure. Postville Courthouse
is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. for free public
tours and other times by appointment. Call (217) 732-8930 or (217)
735-4977.
[Illinois
Historic Preservation Agency news release] |
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