The historic Ewing Manor will be open for public tours from 4 to 6 p.m. Mondays from June through October. The last tour will start at 5:15 p.m. with the exception of Labor Day. The manor is located at 48 Sunset Road, Bloomington.
Mask are required to tour the manor, no more than five individuals can tour the manor at a time. A tour will start approximately every 15 minutes.
Trained docents will be available to assist the visitors through the three floors of the manor. Tours are without charge, but a $5 donation is suggested for the restoration of the manor.
Built in the late 1920s by Davis and Hazle Buck Ewing, the channel-Norman-style residence was home to many of Ewing’s efforts to support the causes of education, women’s suffrage, and world peace. Donated to the Illinois State University Foundation upon her death, the Ewing Cultural Center is home to the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and the Genevieve Green Gardens.
