2020 Special Events at the David Davis Mansion

The Mansion is open for regular tours each week 9am-4pm, Wednesday-Saturday, except holidays. The events below are separate opportunities to visit, during times and dates noted, when special programs are planned for your pleasure. Call 309-828-1084 with questions.

NEW! VIRTUAL TOUR - 2020 Glorious Garden Festival Garden Walk, July 17-Oct. 1

Wow!  A New Opportunity!

Did you want to attend the David Davis Mansion Foundation's Glorious Garden Festival Garden Walk this year, but couldn't?

Did you attend the Garden Walk, but want to see it from a different perspective, make the event last a bit longer, or extend the experience?

Now you can enjoy it from the privacy of your own home!

This year, for the first time EVER, we are making walk-through video footage of every garden on the 2020 Glorious Garden Festival Garden Walk available to you for a limited time as a Virtual Tour!

Click the ticket link below starting Friday, July 17th to buy a "ticket" for $10 to the virtual tour. After your purchase, you will be sent a receipt via e-mail with 10 tour links which you can click and watch at any time, as many times as you like, through October 1st!

We hope you will enjoy this new way to enjoy the Glorious Garden Festival Garden Walk from afar!

The David Davis Mansion State Historic Site, administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, was built in 1872 for Supreme Court Justice David Davis and his wife, Sarah.The David Davis Mansion Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization which supports educational programming, special events, Sarah's Garden, and restoration projects at David Davis Mansion. The site is open -- under normal circumstances -- Wednesday through Saturday 9am-3:30pm for free public tours. Please contact us at 309-828-1084 or at daviddavismansion.org for more information.

Event Date 07-12-2020 1:00 am
Event End Date 10-01-2020 11:00 pm
Ticket Sales Start Date 07-17-2020 1:00 am
Cut off date 09-30-2020 11:00 pm
Individual Price $10 virtual tour access to 10 garden links thru Oct. 1st

Ongoing Events

Prologue to Presidency: Abraham Lincoln on the Illinois Eighth Judicial Circuit

Ongoing Exhibit

Funded by a total of $33,000 in grants from several organizations, this is the first of such major exhibits to be created in the local Lincoln legacy programs, and is housed in the Lincoln-era barn on the grounds of the David Davis Mansion. The project is sponsored by the former Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission of McLean County as part of the celebration of the Lincoln Bicentennial. The exhibit development was also supported by the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition. The Heritage Association of McLean County is working with the Davis Mansion staff and Foundation to promote the exhibit and create related educational programs and special events. For more information, contact the David Davis Mansion State Historic Site at (309) 828-1084.

Looking for Lincoln and Davis

Special exhibits and educational programs related to Abraham Lincoln and David Davis are part of a statewide tourism program. Call (309) 828-1084 for more information.

David Davis Mansion

1000 Monroe Drive
Bloomington, Illinois 61701

Contact Us

Phone: (309) 828-1084
Email: [email protected]

Hours of Operation

Wednesday - Saturday
9am - 4pm