Meetings are held the Third Thursday of each month at the Lebanon Visitors' Center. (6:30PM) ..........

The Lebanon Historical Society


It is our mission to find, verify, and then present what we find for all wishing to remember the past in order to shape the future.

The Mermaid House
The Mermaid Inn Today
Coming Soon – The Lebanon History Museum
(Former Lebanon Advertiser Building)
The Mermaid Inn as a private home
The Bishop House

Dedicated to discovery of the history of the Lebanon Illinois area, caretakers of the Historic Mermaid Inn, and owners of the Lebanon Trolley.

Current projects include:
This website, growing and changing as our society does.
Modifications to the Lebanon Trolley (doors, lights, viewing platform)
Maintenance of the Historic Mermaid Inn
A timeline of events, presented in a continuous time-line format, for the Lebanon area – from the arrival of the earliest native tribes in the region to modern day.

The Lebanon Historical Society welcomes all who want to participate in this quest!


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