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About Cairo Custom House Museum
The Cairo Custom House Museum is a historic 1872 building on the National Register of Historic Places, originally a customs house. Inside, visitors view Civil War exhibits, including Ulysses S. Grant's desk and a U.S.S. Cairo gunboat replica, plus local history. Outside, the grounds feature two historic cannons, markers for York and Seaman, and a courtyard with benches and a fountain.
On the coast
Serving Cairo, IL
The Cairo Custom House Museum is a historic 1872 building on the National Register of Historic Places, originally a customs house. Inside, visitors view Civil War exhibits, including Ulysses S. Grant's desk and a U.S.S. Cairo gunboat replica, plus local history. Outside, the grounds feature two historic cannons, markers for York and Seaman, and a courtyard with benches and a fountain.