{"nrhp_refnum":"92001848","name":"Flagg, Cornelius, Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Tipton School Rd., 0.4 mi. W of I-55 Bus. and 0.4 mi. S of Andrew Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sherman","county":"Sangamon County","state":"IL","lat":39.88982523900006,"lon":-89.61622493699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-02-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead in Fancy Creek Township near Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois, with a 12-room Italianate brick farmhouse, a brick barn and a brick ice house, built 1871-1880 for Cornelius Flagg by Springfield contractor Henry Bettinghaus.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant under architecture. The house is a good example of a grand, asymmetrical Italianate farm dwelling, and the brick barn is an excellent example of its type, believed to be one of the few remaining brick barns of its size outside Springfield in northern Sangamon County. Both buildings retain a high level of integrity.","narrative":"Built between 1871 and 1880 in Fancy Creek Township near Sherman, this farmstead was home to Cornelius Flagg, a farmer and railroad contractor. Springfield contractor Henry Bettinghaus made bricks from clay found on the site and used them to build a 12-room, two-story Italianate house with hipped roofs, segmental arched windows and bracketed cornices. Inside are a curving staircase with walnut and oak details, plaster ceiling medallions, four fireplaces on the first floor and dust ducts along the baseboards. A large brick barn, dated 1872 on a carved stone panel above its carriage doors, has stalls for eight horses and a hayloft. A brick ice house, now a garage, was added around 1880. Earlier buildings, including the family's first house, have been lost. The property was listed for its architecture: the house is a good example of a grand Italianate farm dwelling, and the barn is one of few remaining brick barns of its size outside Springfield. The house now operates as a bed and breakfast.","period_of_significance":"1871-80","architect_builder":"Bettinghaus, Henry, Builder","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house has been restored and is used as a bed and breakfast inn; the barn is in good condition but needs some tuckpointing and rehabilitation. The ice house is now used as a garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.516219-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/8940/28894032/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/92001848.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001848/b24d4284fc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001848/b24d4284fc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cornelius_Flagg_Farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cornelius_Flagg_Farmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894032","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Flagg_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461150"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/sangamon-county/flagg-cornelius-farmstead-92001848/"}