Landmark on Madison Bed & Breakfast Inn Lebanon, Illinois Come experience an era when grandeur and lavishness was commonplace! Contact Info | Email this page to a Friend | Click to see a map  | Additional Pages... Introduction Guest Rooms/Rates Formal Dining Room Parlor Magnolia Room Seasonal Activity Guide   Availability Search: See which rooms are available during your stay. Check in: Check out: Powered by Webervations Clear search results Rooms Available from  to  Learn more about these rooms These are our base rates - certain discounts and/or charges may apply

The Landmark sits on the site of Lebanon's first hotel, The Veranda, built in 1820. The Veranda was a regular station on the stage coach line between St. Louis and Vincennes, Indiana (The Vicennes Trail) and housed the post office which received mail twice a day.

Later, The Veranda became known as the Bishop House. People often gathered below the long veranda porch of the Bishop House to listen to visiting or passing clergy speak. The Bishop House stood until about 1904 when it was razed to build The Landmark on Madison, better known as the Edward Pfeffer home.

The Landmark was one of the first homes in Lebanon to have running water which was pumped from the ground level to a holding tank on the third floor.

The house features two grand porches and three balconies. The large pillars on the front are believed to have come from the St. Louis World's Fair.

Redolent of Southern Charm, with towering trees (one a huge magnolia) and fragrant honeysuckle vines, The Landmark seems to have mysteriously slipped out of the south and placed itself here in Midwestern Lebanon.

However, if we step back in time to 1804 when Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory (which started at Wood River, 25 miles northwest of Lebanon), we will find that in this same year, several families from Lebanon, Kentucky made their way north and built homes near the present site of Lebanon, near Silver Creek. Perhaps the Southern Charm of The Landmark is really no mystery at all.

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