The D.D. Collins House is open on Saturdays from
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
except holiday weekends.
*Contact Lavadna for personal tours ~ 618.420.0288
𝒲𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓈 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓁𝓁.
𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝑒𝓇𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝓊𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒞𝒪𝒱𝐼𝒟 𝓅𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓂𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝒻𝑒𝓉𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒.
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒥𝒶𝓃𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐹𝑒𝒷𝓇𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎. 𝒪𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝓇𝑜𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝒾𝓇𝓊𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓁; 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒷𝑒 𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓂𝓈.
𝐻𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓈𝒶𝒻𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝓈𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣.
𝐿𝑜𝑜𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒩𝑒𝓌 𝒴𝑒𝒶𝓇!
D.D. Collins House
Click plaque to visit National Register of Historic Places page for the D.D. Collins House
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Illinois Historical Marker page for the D.D. Collins House
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Johnny Appleseed page for
the D.D. Collins House
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News Bulletin!
We are very excited to announce that the D.D. Collins House garden is officially an extension of the University of Illinois Master Garden site! What does this mean?
Events
Saturday: Dec. 7, 2019
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Historic Saint Louis
"A Spirited Holiday Past"
Open House
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Light Up Parade
Uptown Collinsville
Meet Santa
After the Parade
Projects
* Removing the attached store and replacement of a foundation wall
* Rebuilding the porch, columns and trim work
* Restoring the windows and doors
*Reopening the fire- places and installing mantles appropriate to the period
Donate
Every donation helps us maintain this wonderfully restored National Historic landmark.
We are very grateful and appreciate your help!
Friends
Now that the house has been moved, the renovation completed, the park and educational gardens designed, it is time to open the D.D. Collins House as a Historic Museum House. That’s where you come in!
How you can be involved as a Friend of the D.D. Collins House
Visit our Blog page ~
Little tidbits of information and articles about the D.D. Collins House . . .
Irving's Installments ~
Little tidbits of information and articles about Irving Dilliard's contribution . . .
Click dotted event dates for more event information
A Google Map aerial image taken in September 2015 showing the excavation preparation for the D.D. Collins House moving arrival. Visit this link to the city of Collinsville website to see pictures of the move!