Courtyard

In this image of the courtyard, the three distinct section of Ewing Manor are apparent: the residential wing, the garage, and the stables. The courtyard is surrounded on all four sides by the brick and stone of the building and garden wall. There is a porte cochere connecting the driveway and the courtyard; archways lead to the north lawn and the driveway toward Towanda Avenue. One of the doorways facing the port chochere leads to a trunk lift for transporting heavy luggage to the second floor. The brick of the courtyard was salvaged from the old Wochner Brewery in south Bloomington. Among the amenities in the garage were an underground fuel storage tank and special water and electrical fixtures for washing and drying automobiles. Above the garage were the servants’ quarters (now the caretaker’s apartment). The stable wing contained a carriage barn, tack rooms, a 4-stall stable with plumbing for watering the horses, and a hay loft.