Cairo Custom House Museum

1400 Washington Avenue
Cairo, IL, 62914
618-734-1019

URL : http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/ihy990446.html

overview : The Custom House in Cairo was built in 1872 to collect tariffs from the once-heavy import trade that passed by Cairo via the Illinois and Ohio rivers.

topics : financial, numismatics, American, history, transportation