Offering the Indulgence of History with the Comfort of Modern Amenity
The Walnut Street Inn Bed and Breakfast has graced historic Walnut Street in downtown Springfield, Missouri for approximately 140 years. The establishment has changed hands several times during the nearly one and a half centuries it has stood. Originally, the property was owned, and the home built, by Charles McCann, who owned a wagon company and spared no expense on lumber for this historic relic that has stood the test of time. Mr. McCann raised his family in the home and sold it to the Jewell family, who had a hand in the Springfield News-Leader. The next owners were the Rosen family. Dr. Max Rosen was a practicing physician in Springfield, Missouri.
When Gary and Nancy Brown, along with their daughter, Karol, purchased the Walnut Street home, they lovingly turned it into a Bed and Breakfast, which Karol managed. The formerly grand home on Walnut Street was fully renovated and converted to a bed and breakfast in the 1980s. After operating the business for a handful of years, The Brown’s sold the property to Gary and Paula Blankenship, who raised their daughter, Cat, in the lovely historic home…