O’Fallon City Cemetery Walk Goes Virtual for 2020

O’Fallon, Illinois – The O’Fallon Historic Preservation Commission has adjusted their annual cemetery walk for this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, virtual house tours and portrayals of O’Fallon citizens are posted on You Tube at https://bit.ly/39QVU8Q  for viewing on your home computers or mobile devices.

Included in these videos are:

• Tour and narrative of local landmark and O’Fallon’s first structure to be listed in the National Historic Register; the Brown Residence at 212 W. Washington.
• Tour and narrative of a fine example of a Willard house and designated local landmark; the Mason residence at 109 Betty Lane built in 1914.
• Tour and narrative of designated local landmark at 109 W. Washington, originally the home of blacksmith August Behrns.
• Portrayal of former Mayor Joseph Taylor, owner of several O’Fallon area coal mines and builder of the Taylor Opera House at 220 E. State Street.
• Portrayal of Tom Gordon, bank cashier at First State Bank located at 104 S. Cherry

To view, please visit the HPC’s You Tube channel at https://bit.ly/39QVU8Q

If you are interested in more information on O’Fallon’s many historic landmarks, please visit www.historypin.org

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For more information, please contact Jessica Short at 618-624-4500 or email at [email protected].