C.H. Moore Homestead & DeWitt County Museum

C.H. Moore Homestead & DeWitt County Museum "To Preserve and Promote DeWitt County's History and Heritage"

Did you know that every jar of apple butter sold at the Apple 'n Pork Festival directly benefits the festival and the mu...
09/01/2026

Did you know that every jar of apple butter sold at the Apple 'n Pork Festival directly benefits the festival and the museum? Be sure to pick up a jar (or two) to take home this year and feel good knowing that your purchase was a much appreciated contribution!

58th Annual Apple ’n Pork Festival The 58th Annual Apple ‘n Pork Festival will take place September 26 & 27, 9am- 5p...
09/01/2026

58th Annual Apple ’n Pork Festival
The 58th Annual Apple ‘n Pork Festival will take place September 26 & 27, 9am- 5pm both days, at the C.H. Moore Homestead DeWitt County Museum (219 E. Woodlawn) in Clinton, Illinois.
The festival, which began with a pot of soup and a stack of sandwiches, has grown to be one of downstate Illinois’ most popular festivals. Today, the festival offers more than 25 booths featuring numerous types of old-fashioned, harvest-time, apple and pork foods; tours of the home of Abraham Lincoln’s law partner and personal friend, C.H. Moore; a juried fine art show; a large flea market with more than 300 booths; demonstrating craftsmen offering their items for sale; an antique tractor show; farm equipment exhibits; entertaining presentations by our own “Abraham Lincoln;” meal grinding, rope making, chair caning, and blacksmithing demonstrations; free live musical entertainment; performances by a strolling Barber shop quartet, pumpkin decorating contest; and much more. No admission fee for the festival or the flea market grounds. For more information, go to www.chmoorehomestead.org call the museum directly at 217-935-6066, or find our official Apple ‘n Pork Festival page.

Our DeWitt County Museum Association Board of Directors spent their Saturday preparing the museum property for the big w...
09/01/2026

Our DeWitt County Museum Association Board of Directors spent their Saturday preparing the museum property for the big weekend! The 58th annual Apple 'n Pork Festival will take place here on Sept. 26 & 27! If you would like to volunteer to help with festival preparations, give the museum a call at 217-935-6066.

A photograph of the ca. 1849 DeWitt County Courthouse which was taken not long before the structure was torn down to mak...
08/27/2026

A photograph of the ca. 1849 DeWitt County Courthouse which was taken not long before the structure was torn down to make way for the 1893 courthouse...Notice the picture of Abraham Lincoln hanging over the door. Lincoln practiced law in this humble building as did C.H. Moore and many others.

It will all kick off one month from today (8/26) - September 26-27, rain or shine, here at the C.H. Moore Homestead & De...
08/26/2026

It will all kick off one month from today (8/26) - September 26-27, rain or shine, here at the C.H. Moore Homestead & DeWitt County Museum in Clinton, Illinois! 🍎

An advertisement of interest on many levels here...
08/21/2026

An advertisement of interest on many levels here...

08/21/2026

We always enjoy our monthly on-air chats with our friends at WHOW / WEZC / DewittDailyNews.com!

The Autumn edition of the Homestead Gazette will be reaching DeWitt County Museum Asscoaition members' mailboxes before ...
08/21/2026

The Autumn edition of the Homestead Gazette will be reaching DeWitt County Museum Asscoaition members' mailboxes before the end of the month! The newsletter is mailed to all members twice a year - once in the spring and once in the fall. The newsletter includes "the scoop" about what is happening at the museum, articles about artifacts of interest, pages from the past, event information, biographical sketches about C.H. Moore, a letter from the president's desk, pictures from the past, and more!

We thought it would be nice to join in the "back to school" photo frenzy...From the Museum Collection: Hill School, Texa...
08/20/2026

We thought it would be nice to join in the "back to school" photo frenzy...From the Museum Collection: Hill School, Texas Township, DeWitt County. Photo is dated Friday, Sept. 30, 1892. Also noted on the photo: "First Term, Frances Weld, teacher." If you look closely at the faces and/or names listed in the lower margin, you just might find an ancestor...You will also notice that at least one pupil might not have been enjoying the photo session. Hopefully, the rest of her day was brighter.

This beautiful built-in cupboard is original to the house - sparkling beveled glass, decorative coin silver hardware, or...
08/19/2026

This beautiful built-in cupboard is original to the house - sparkling beveled glass, decorative coin silver hardware, original plush velvet lining, and ornately carved trim...As you can see, it was made to impress when viewed from the exterior...However, the interior is quite primitive - clunky, boxy, square drawers with plain white porcelain k***s.

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219 East Woodlawn Street
Clinton, IL
61727

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

Telephone

+12179356066

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