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Flack's Hotel

CITY:

Vandalia

COUNTY:

Fayette

DEDICATED BY:

The Illinois State Historical Society

DEDICATION DATE:

January 1, 1954 at 6:00:00 AM

The marker is located in Vandalia at the southeast corner of the intersection of Fourth and Gallatin Streets.

In 1836 Colonel Abner Flack took over the large three-story frame building which stood here, and operated it under the name Vandalia Inn. In 1853-1854 it was the headquarters for Chief Engineer Charles F. Jones, in charge of construction of the Illinois Central Railroad.

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