Tipton School Rd., 0.4 mi. W of I-55 Bus. and 0.4 mi. S of Andrew Rd., Sherman, Illinois. County/parish: Sangamon.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 03, 1993. NRIS 92001848.
3 contributing buildings.
The Cornelius Flagg Farmstead is a historic farm located on Tipton School Road in Sherman, Illinois. Cornelius Flagg, a farmer and lumber businessman from Ohio, established the farm in the 1870s. The farmhouse, the farm's main building, is a two-story brick Italianate building. The house has an asymmetrical pattern with hip roofs over each component. Several of its key Italianate features are not original; the wraparound front porch was replaced in 1930, and its bracketed cornice was reconstructed in the 1940s after tornadoes damaged the roof. The farm's brick barn is unusually well-crafted for a barn built during the period, a sign of Flagg's wealth. Other buildings on the farm include a machinery shed, a smaller and older farmhouse, a privy, and an ice house.
The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 3, 1993.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894032