Location:

On N Pine St. in Gays, north of Rt 16 by 1 block.

Shelby Co - IL

	Latitude:	N39 27.53
	Longitude:	W88 29.73	Map

Notes:

Built in 1869 for by Samuel Gamill for his general store and the apartments which were located on the second floor.The set up gave the people living in the apartments a private place away from the general store customers and made it so they did not have to go down stairs to use the privy. The holes on the top level are set back further than the ones on the ground level and are hidden by a false wall in the lower level.

The store was in ruins in the 1980s and was torn down. The village restored the outhouse and made the area a small park.

The structure was the object of a song written by country singer Jim Conner which focused on how the contraption could safely accommodate two people. The concluding lyrics: "Perhaps a secret passage leads down to the drain. But some say - No, the puzzle is in just how you must aim."