While Wyman's will prohibited any kind of sales from occurring on the grounds of the new park, concession stands were built next to the baseball diamonds in the 1960s. During the time Wyman was alive, Sullivan lacked a public park, so in his will he endowed much of his business profit to the city in order to purchase land for a park. Albert Wyman, a man who immigrated to the United States from Germany, owned a shoe repair and sales shop on the west end of the town square. Wyman Park, one of two parks on the north side of Sullivan, has an intriguing past. founded The Little Theatre on the Square decades later. This marked the end of a live entertainment era in Sullivan until Guy S. In the early morning of February 20, 1910, the Titus Opera House caught fire and tragically burned to the ground. She toured Europe during her career, even performing at the legendary Palais Garnier in Paris. The opera house was built by a businessman and Civil War veteran named Joseph Titus as both an attraction for high society and a "playground" for his young daughter, Winifred, who grew up to become a talented pianist and singer. The opera house was among the finest in the area, and it hosted a concert given by the great Venezuelan pianist Teresa Carreño. On the second and third floors of the building, the large auditorium, balcony, and box seats could accommodate up to 800 patrons. Sullivan was home to the Titus Opera House, built in 1871, which was located on the north side of the town square. Along with the first courthouse building, hundreds of county records were lost. In 1864, a fire destroyed the first courthouse and a second, larger one was built that was in use until 1904, when it was demolished and the third, present-day courthouse was built. During this campaign, a riot broke out on the town square between the supporters of Lincoln and the supporters of Douglas. A small monument facing Wyman Park near Main Street commemorates Lincoln's 1858 speech. Freeland Grove was bounded by Wyman Park, Main Street, Strain Street, and Worth Street. Douglas, he gave a speech in Freeland Grove (now the Sullivan Civic Center parking lot). When Abraham Lincoln was campaigning for the state senate against Stephen A. Sullivan's first school was built in 1846, with the first church being built in 1848.
The original village consisted of 40 acres (16 ha) (25 city blocks) bounded by Jackson Street on the north, Water Street on the south, Douglas (now Worth) Street on the east, and Hamilton Street on the west. In 1844, however, it was determined that centrally-located Sullivan was to be the county seat. The village of Nelson (which no longer exists) had already been developed, and the prairie on which Sullivan would be built lacked proper drainage and was a breeding ground for malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
In the opinion of early local leaders, Sullivan was not a logical site for a county seat. The present courthouse (the county's third) contains a mural depicting this first courthouse.
Abraham Lincoln passed through this first courthouse many times from 1849 to 1852, as he practiced law in the Moultrie County circuit court. The village would come alive with gossip when court was in session. It was a simple two-story brick building with a hipped roof, and the county jail was housed in the basement. Two years after Sullivan was founded, the first official courthouse of the county was built. Sullivan was founded in 1845 as Asa's Point.
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