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

The
Lebanon Historical Society


The Mermaid House
The Mermaid Inn Today
Community 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 House, Community Museum and owners of the Lebanon Trolley.

Current projects include:
This website, growing and changing as our society does.
Modifications to the Lebanon Trolley
Maintenance of the Historic Mermaid House and Community Museum
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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