Historic Ewing Manor will be open for public tours on Mondays during the months of June through September, from 4 to 6 p.m. A tour will begin approximately every 15 minutes, with the last tour starting at 5:15 p.m. Ewing Manor is closed on July 1, and Labor Day. No tours will be offered on these holidays.
Reservations are not required. Tours are offered free of charge, but a $5 donation is suggested for the restoration of the manor.
Trained docents will be available to assist the visitors through the three floors of the manor. Must be able to climb stairs.
The manor is located at 48 Sunset Road, in Bloomington, Ill. Parking is available across the street at St. John’s Lutheran Church.
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 now home to the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and the Genevieve Green Gardens.
