Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society

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Lilly Inn

Lilly Inn Shelf Sitter - Front
Lilly Inn Shelf Sitter - Back

Lincoln Series Shelf Sitter

6.5″ x 4″ x .75″

 

Inn was located in Lilly, Illinois.

 

Following inscription is on the back:

 

“The Lilly family settled here in 1835.  It is believed that the major part of the Inn was built in the 1830s.  Most walls are five bricks thick.  The house has fifteen rooms.  The front balcony was added about 1917.  The Lilly Inn served as a stop on the Danville-Bloomington-Peoria stagecoach road.  Abraham Lincoln was believed to have slept at the Inn when he rode the court circuit from Danville to Peoria.”

$20.75

(includes U.S. shipping & tax)


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The Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society (TCGHS) has released a series of four different collectable shelf sitters representing historic Tazewell County buildings regularly visited by Abraham Lincoln when he rode the 8th Judicial Circuit in the late 1840s through 1860.   Collect all four – the Tazewell County Courthouse, the Jones-Menard “Red Brick” House, the Lilly Inn, and the Tazewell House!  The shelf sitters vary in size but are all around 5″ x 7″.  They are about 3/4″ thick and, of course, stand upright on their own.

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