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Looking down the corridor to the restrooms

Looking back from the smelly restrooms and back to the historic waiting room

The very ordinary water fountains

Looking out to the main waiting room from the corridor to the restrooms

Natural light streams in past the ticket office into the waiting room

Wooden benches on one side of the station

The corridor to the elevator on the opposite side of the waiting room

A newspaper box and East Exit Elevator/Parking Lot, or South Exit, Broadway Ave

Multiple wooden benches in the waiting room

Sign for the Elevator or the Coles County Historical Society

Sign for the hours 1pm to 4pm on Saturdays that the Coles County Historical Society

The four floors of the elevator, one is for the East Exit Parking Lot or the Boarding Area

One of two doors for the elevator, the only way to enter the station (since the doors are locked)

The upper landing with a sign to go down to the Amtrak boarding area and sign for the museum

Two water fountains under information boards in the little elevator vestuble

Sign for City of Mattoon: Tourism & Arts Office

Sign for Museum Located on Board Level Closed, and the Amtrak Boarding Area

Doors into one of the offices

Sign for the steps up to the City of Mattoon Tourism & Arts Office

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Last Updated: July 6, 2025
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