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Duncan Manor

Historic building
In Towanda, Illinois
0.1 mi from Route 66
National Register of Historic Places

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Duncan Manor is a historic Italianate house in rural McLean County near Towanda, north of Bloomington, IL. William R. Duncan, for whom it was built around 1866, bred livestock and was well regarded for his short-horned cattle. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it recalls the farming heritage of the county that Route 66 would later cross on its way through central Illinois.

What is Duncan Manor?

The house follows the Italianate style, popular for American homes in the decades after 1850. It stands in the countryside near Towanda, and its National Register listing marks it as a place worth preserving.

Visiting Duncan Manor: tips

Visitor access is not recorded, so view it from the road and treat the land as private. It is a quick photo stop. Sprague's Super Service in Normal is about 5.4 miles away, and the Prairie Aviation Museum about 5.5 miles off.

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Sprague's Super Service in Normal, IL

Sprague's Super Service

Normal, Illinois · on Route 66

A Tudor Revival Route 66 service station in Normal, honored in the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame.

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5.4 mi from Duncan Manor

Prairie Aviation Museum in Bloomington, IL

Prairie Aviation Museum

Bloomington, Illinois · 3.1 mi from Route 66

An aviation museum at Central Illinois Regional Airport, a change of pace from diners and gas stations.

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5.5 mi from Duncan Manor

Hubbard House in Hudson, IL

Hubbard House

Hudson, Illinois · 5.3 mi from Route 66

The Hudson boyhood home of writer and philosopher Elbert Hubbard, built in stages from 1857.

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5.6 mi from Duncan Manor

Normal Theater, Illinois

Normal Theater

Normal, Illinois · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A restored Streamline Moderne movie house in downtown Normal, saved by the town in 1993.

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5.9 mi from Duncan Manor

Illinois Museum of Natural History in Normal, IL

Illinois Museum of Natural History

Normal, Illinois · 0.2 mi from Route 66

A long-gone 1800s science museum that once filled a floor of the Illinois Normal School near Bloomington.

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6.1 mi from Duncan Manor

Fell Arboretum in Normal, IL

Fell Arboretum

Normal, Illinois · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A tree collection spread across the Illinois State University campus in Normal, a short hop off Route 66.

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6.2 mi from Duncan Manor

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