linville. Open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wed. Group tours by appointment. Admission: $3 adults, $1 children. 217-854-2850. Go to ww.macsociety.org.

C.H. Moore Homestead and Museum C.H. Moore was a friend and legal colleague of Abraham Lincoln’s. Originally built in the 1850s, the house was purchased and renamed the Homestead by Moore in 1880. The mansion in Clinton features a two-story library with a vaulted ceiling and four-season windows. Here Moore shared his extensive collection of more than 7,000 volumes with friends and family. Uniquely designed round bookcases are still in place in the library. In the dining room is a parquet floor consisting of five different woods and surrounded by a brocade border. The basement houses the Kent Museum, which includes a chronicle of the early history of DeWitt County, World War I weapons, Indian artifacts, historical pictures, clothing and local artifacts. Large farm buildings behind the house hold antique farm equipment, a telephone exhibit, antique carriages and buggies and an operational blacksmith shop. Check local listings for the fall Apple and Pork Festival — the home is open at that time and the festival offers a great outing for the entire family.

The Moore Homestead and Museum is located at 219 E. Woodlawn St. in Clinton, 217-935-6066. Open from April until December, museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat.; 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sun. Go to www.chmoorehomestead.org.

Homestead Prairie Farm Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1996 and part of the Macon County Conservation District, this site began life in 1850 as a one-room log home. Joseph Trobaugh, a farmer and sawmill operator, bought the property from the original builder, whose identity is now unknown. Trobaugh and his wife, Elizabeth, added to the home. Civil War veteran Emanuel Good and his family were the next to live there. The home is filled with items reflecting the rural lifestyle on the prairie during the years right before the outbreak of the Civil War. Graced by heirloom-variety roses, an herb garden and an heirloomvegetable garden, the Homestead is frozen in time. Public programs are offered on the first and third Sundays of the month, June-