Flagg Farmstead Bed & Breakfast

Looking for Lincoln and Route 66??  The Flagg  Farmstead B&B is located on the north edge of Springfield in Sherman, Il. at 500 Old Tipton School Road, one half mile north of the Rail Golf Course, 15 minutes from Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield and 18 miles from Lincoln's New Salem.  This wonderful historic home, built in 1871, is surrounded by two and one half acres of stately oak, maple, walnut and hickory trees.  This gracious Italianate home offers five antique furnished bedrooms with private baths.  Your stay will be topped off with a sumptuous breakfast served in the elegant dining room.  The Flagg Farmstead is listed in the National Register of Historic Homes. The Flagg Farmhouse, located on the Old Springfield to Peoria Stagecoach Road and part of Mr. Lincoln's 405 mile law circuit, was built in 1871 for Cornelius Flagg, one of four entrepreneurs who founded the town of Sherman and were responsible for bringing the railroad to Springfield.  Mr Flagg owned extensive farm and lumber holdings and sold railroad ties to as many as ten railroad companies as the rail industry developed across America.