Wednesday, April 10
Doors Open: 11:00 a.m. | Lunch 11:30 a.m. | Program 12:00 p.m.

The settlement of Clayville was founded by the energetic and business-minded Broadwell family as a stagecoach stop between Springfield and Beardstown in 1824. A home and Inn were built; the Inn is the oldest standing brick building in Sangamon County and second oldest in the state. The stop catered to stagecoach passengers, freight caravans, freight carriers, cattle drovers, circuit riders of the legal profession such as Abraham Lincoln, and many others. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Inn is surrounded by numerous other historic buildings from central Illinois that were moved to Clayville to recreate an early frontier pioneer village. 

Board president Jesse Boehler and board member Jane Harris of the Pleasant Plains Historical Society who own and curate the settlement, will join us to share the stories and history of Clayville in its its historic bicentennial existence.