Jarrot Mansion

Illinois State Historic Site ● National Historic Landmark

Calendar of Events

The Jarrot Mansion is opened only periodically for special events due to current restoration projects.

Special Cahokia Courthouse Event

Past Highlights

Dr. Fred Fausz is an internationally-respected scholar of Indian- European relations in the 17th and 18th centuries and organized the 9th North American Fur Trade Conference in 2006. Three of his publications have won "best essay" awards from historical societies in Missouri, Virginia, and Maryland, and he received the 2007 (Missouri) Governor's Award in the Humanities for Service to Community Heritage. He drove his Museum on Wheels over 13,000 miles during the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, presenting public lectures in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Fred's book on Auguste Chouteau and the Founding of St. Louis will be published in 2008.