COST:
Per Person: $4.00
HOURS:
Wednesday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
NOTES:
*See the cell where gangster Charlie Birger spent time & the recreated gallows where he was hung.
*They have an exhibit of the radio equipment that was used during an interview with George Harrison, while he was visiting his sister, a few months before he became famous with the Beatles.
*There is a Civil War monument outside.
*Some people believe the old jail is haunted.
LOCATION:
209 W. Main St
Benton, Illinois
PHONE: (618) 435-5777
WEBSITE: The Museums of Exit 71: Franklin County Historic Jail Museum