The Madison Inn Bed & Breakfast

Welcome!

The Madison Inn is an 1894 Greek revival style home with spacious rooms and antiques throughout that reflect the diversified styles of our American heritage.  The hardwood floors are original and consist of red oak, maple, and fir. The Inn is located at the corner of Madison and Douglas Streets —four blocks southwest of the courthouse square.

Rooms

This bed & breakfast has four guest rooms, all with complimentary high-speed wireless internet access.  Each guest room has access to a flat screen TV and DVD player.  A small selection of DVDs is available for loan during your stay.  (The local video store is a short walk/2 blocks away.)  Bathrooms feature bathrobes and complimentary bath products.  Other rooms for guests include one formal living room, one fireplace room, formal dining room, enclosed back porch dining, and outside dining on the front porch. 

 

Amenities

Bedrooms have feather pillows and down comforters.  Special requests for those with allergies can be met. Check availability on king, queen, or full beds. Cold drinks, bottled water, and ice are available at all times on a help yourself basis.  Coffee and tea are available in each room. Gift items available for purchase or mail order.

 

Rates and Policies

Rates: 

                 Room with private bath                                         $90.00 per night (plus 11.75% tax)

                 Room with shared bath                                          $80.00 per night (plus 11.75% tax)

 

Special Reduced Rates:  Corporate Rate, Weekly Rate, Optional Breakfast

*Optional breakfast:  Rate reduced by $10                                      

 

Policies: 

Breakfast served:                   Continental Plus

Check-in time:                        5:00 pm or by appointment

Check-out time:                      11:00 am or by appointment

Cancellation policy:             48-hour advance notice for refund

 

Children by appointment only

No pets or inside smoking

Cash or personal check with ID accepted

*Full advance payment is required for college homecomings, parents’ weekends, graduations and special events.                       

 

History of Paris and Edgar County

The territory in which Paris and Edgar County are located was part of the Kickapoo Indian hunting grounds.  The boundary line, cutting down across the eastern portion of Edgar County, was established by treaty between the Kickapoos and General William Henry Harrison about 1809.

 

An Indian trail became the main road between Chicago and Vincennes. It was surveyed by pioneer explorer Guerdon Hubbard, was helpful in bringing people through the territory and providing a link with immigrants from Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee, the states from which most early explorers arrived. The first permanent settlers arrived in 1817, a year before Illinois became a state. They were attracted by contrast of rich prairie and virgin timber.

 

Edgar County was organized in 1823 and included all of the state north to Chicago for several years.  It was named in honor of John Edgar of Kaskaskia, one of the first important officials of the Illinois territory. Samuel Vance, a native of Virginia who moved to Kentucky and then to Illinois, purchased twenty-six acres in the center of the future county in about 1822.  Two years later he and his wife donated this twenty-six acres for the purpose of establishing the county seat of the new county.

 

A jack-oak tree in the center of the twenty-six acre tract, located on the Chicago-Vincennes road, was blazed with the name “Paris” and was the only identification of the town until the early 1800s.  It was named for Paris, Kentucky by settlers from that region.

 

In addition to being on the Chicago-Vincennes road, Paris was on the Springfield coach road and several other early pioneer roads can still be traced by present highways, such as the “Lower Terre Haute” road.  By the 1850s, railroads began to be constructed, and Paris was located on three rail lines by 1870.

 

Edgar County was part of the judicial circuit which Abraham Lincoln traveled as a lawyer, and several residences remain in the Paris area where he stayed. The Edgar County Historical Museum and the Edgar County Courthouse both house Lincoln records, and are located within walking distance of the Madison Inn.

 

Sites of Local Interest

The Edgar County Historical Museum & Edgar County Genealogical Library

414 North Main Street, Paris, Illinois 61944    (217) 463-5305

 

The Bicentennial Art Center

132 South Central Street, Paris, Illinois 61944     (217) 466-8130

 

The Edgar County Courthouse, Erected 1891, Listed on National Register of Historical Sites

 

Maple Syrup Fair, Parke County, IN - February-March

 

Covered Bridge Festival, Parke County, IN - October

 

Also in the area:

· Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL - 15 minutes

· Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN - 30 minutes

· University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - 45 minutes

 

· Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site - 30 minutes

(The last home of Thomas and Sarah Lincoln)

· Illinois Amish communities/Arcola, Arthur, Tuscola, IL– 30 minutes

· Old National Road through Marshall, IL - 25 minutes

 

· Factory Outlet Stores at Tuscola, IL (Outlet Mall) - 30 minutes

 

· Mill Creek Park, Clarksville, IL - 20 minutes

· Lincoln Trail State Park, Marshall, IL – 25 minutes

· Turkey Run State Park, Marshall, IN—1 hour

 

 

300 West Madison

Paris, Illinois 61944

(217) 465-5464

Pat Darr-Stanfield, Owner/Innkeeper

Member, Paris Chamber of Commerce

 For reservations, call 217-465-5464 or email info@madisonbedandbreakfast.com

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