David Davis House | |
Location | 1000 E. Monroe Dr., Bloomington, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 40°28′56″N 88°58′47″W / 40.48222°N 88.97972°W |
Area | 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) |
Built | 1870-1872 |
Architect | Alfred H. Piquenard |
Architectural style | Victorian, Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 72001479[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 18, 1972 |
Designated NHL | May 15, 1975[2] |
The David Davis Mansion, also known as Clover Lawn, is a Gilded Age home in Bloomington, Illinois that was the residence of David Davis, Supreme Court justice (1862–1877) and U.S. Senator from Illinois. The mansion has been a state museum since 1960. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975.[2]
Set in a residential neighborhood on Bloomington's near-south-side, the three-story yellow brick mansion comprises 36 rooms in an Italianate villa style. The mansion's lot includes an 1872 wood house, a barn and stable, privies, a foaling shed, carriage barn, and a flower and ornamental cutting garden."Sarah's Garden", the Victorian cut flower garden, with original heirloom roses and perennials began restoration in 2001.[3]