Glen Carbon Heritage Museum and Yanda Log Cabin

This event is free - but please conisder bringing $5 donation. We will visit both the Glen Carbon Heritage Musem (located in the old Glen Carbon School) as well as the Yanda Log Cabin.

"Built in 1914, the Glen Carbon Heritage Museum encapsulates almost the entirety of Glen Carbon's history. Some residents remember this building as the schoolhouse with the fire escape slide that they would sneak into after hours. Others know it as the Village administration offices and police department with meetings held upstairs and prisoners held downstairs. Many remember this building as the library with bookshelves lining the hallways. " from https://www.glencarbonil.gov/891/Heritage-Museum-and-Log-Cabin

"Discovered within the walls of a modern home purchased by the Village of Glen Carbon, this pioneer cabin is believed to have been built in 1853 by William Yanda. A blacksmith by trade, Austrian-born Yanda and his wife, Anna Zeola, raised 10 children in the cabin. Their oldest son, Frank, and his wife moved into the “home place” in 1882, where they raised a family of 11 children. After passing through several owners and being used as the interior frame for a twentieth-century house, the Yanda House was sold to the Village of Glen Carbon. The cabin was discovered within the modern walls and underwent renovations..." by https://www.enjoyillinois.com/explore/listing/yanda-log-cabin-1

"In 1801, Colonel Samuel Judy received a military grant for 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land near the base of the bluffs, just north of Judy Creek, and became one of the first permanent settlers of Madison County. ... it was {re}named Glen Carbon to reflect its coal mining heritage. Glen Carbon was incorporated as a village in 1892." from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Carbon,_Illinois