Welcome to the Victorian Inn Bed and Breakfast
We're Old Fashioned here. We cherish Old Times, Old Manners, and Old Friends.
It's Yesterday Once More...
About Us
Victorian Inn Information
The Victorian Inn Bed and Breakfast rooms are elegantly appointed in the Victorian style. Each room is air conditioned in the summer with windows that have wooden shutters. The house offers two rooms with working fireplaces for winter warmth. Each room is complete with private bath, cable tv and wifi. Bed sheets are ironed and pillow cases are hand pressed with care.
The 36 foot dining room is of Flemish Oak and Belgium tapestry, and is the comfortable setting for the morning's breakfast. Breakfasts consist of fresh fruits, baked goods and family recipes for the entree served on china, sterling silver and crystal.
Some of the amenities in the Bed and Breakfast include B's dollhouse and Doll collection, a puzzle always in progress and a piano for your enjoyment.
The common rooms include the living room, side porch and dining room. These rooms are open from early morning until 10 pm.
A gift shop is available to peruse during your stay.
The Inn offers off street parking and a combination lock for secure entrance. This is a smoke-free establishment,
we welcome well-behaved and supervised children, but have no accommodations available for pets.
Rooms and Rates
Victoria's Room $155.00
King bedroom, approx. 20x20 feet includes an 1890 armoire and working fireplace. Private bath.
David's Room $140.00
Queen bedroom, offering four poster Jenny Lind spool bed, chesser and working fireplace. Private bath.
Elizabeth's Room $140.00
Queen bedroom, Canopy bed crystal chandelier and marble bathroom with pedestal tub/shower. Private bath.
B's Attic $155.00
3rd floor King bedroom, approx 26x16 feet across the width of the house includes windows on three sides. Private bath. A rollaway bed is available for this room for an additional $45.00 per night.
Charles Suite $140.00
3rd floor Two Twins bedroom suite includes television room with sofa. Charles Lindbergh stayed here August 19, 1927 while on his national tour with "The Spirit of St. Louis." Private bath.
13% hotel tax will be added. We accept cash, check or major credit cards.
History of the House
The Victorian Inn Bed and Breakfast is on the National Register of Historic Places and a Local Landmark located within the Broadway Historic District in the Heart of Old Rock Island.
This 20 room Inn was built in 1876. Modernized in 1905 by a local Liquor Baron and given to his daughter as a wedding gift, the Inn has 7 fireplaces and 9 baths. There are 3,000 square feet on each floor of this 3 story mansion.
Purchased by the Parker family in 1944, this Inn continues to be our family home. Original antiques from the family and previous owners of the home adorn the 5 guest rooms. A sampling of these items include a Jenny Lind spool bed, a canopy bed, 1900's cranberry glass ceiling fixture, an 1890's armoire, and a chesser (half dresser-half chest) which was used in the chauffeur's quarters.
The Victorian Inn is at the entrance to 500 homes that comprise the Broadway Historic District, the second largest National Register area in the United States. Our historic walking tours will guide you past a home that originally was a stage coach stop. This area was birthplace to Weyerhauser lumber and home to oil barons, liquor barons, the Rock Island Lines, and the early 1900's gangster that gave Rock Island notoriety as "Little Chicago".
Located near downtown and it's Art and Entertainment District, we are in walking distance of music festivals, dinner theatre, and art galleries. We are close to the botanical center, casinos, headliner concerts, Black Hawk state park, eagle watching and the Mighty Mississippi with bike trails that stretch over 60 miles.