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Ewing Manor, located on the Sunset Hill estate of the late Hazle
Buck Ewing, sits majestically in the wooded landscape at the
northwest corner of Towanda Avenue and Emerson Street in Bloomington,
Illinois. Completed in 1929, Ewing Manor was designed by Bloomington
architect Phil Hooten in the Channel-Norman style
so favored by the affluent in the post-Victorian period. The surrounding gardens were
created by noted landscape architect Jens Jensen, who also designed Springfield's Lincoln Memorial Gardens.
Hazle Ewing lived at Sunset Hill until her death in 1969. In her
will, she bequeathed the property to the Illinois
State University Foundation with the stipulation that it be
used as a cultural center to promote international understanding. |
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