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Coal Museum

121 S Macoupin St., Gillespie, IL
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The city of Gillespie owns the old United Community Bank building that will house the new Illinois Coal Museum. The first floor will be used for city hall offices along with the museum. The second floor will be used as a shared city council chamber, museum lecture hall and theater. An earlier bank, the People's State Bank of Gillespie opened in this location in 1922.

Louann Brown painted this mural that was adapted from a mid 1930's poster. The poster was titled titled Home of the . Progressive Miners of America.

Mining the Past to Fuel the Future.

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