Sparta,
IL

Title	:	Former Gulf Mobile & Ohio Depot/Station, Sparta, IL
Date	:	February 18, 1995
Description	:	This former depot has quite a history. It has been restored and now houses the Roscoe Misselhorn Museum. Misslehorn, a native of the town, is a well known artist for his art of the Midwest. Another claim to fame is that the depot served as the station used in the film IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT. In other words, Sparta, Illinois became Sparta, Mississippi for the film. The tracks shown in front of the depot belong to the Canadian National/Illinois Central.