Need a reason to avoid the crowded stores on Black Friday? Come shop local! Be the first to see the Clover Lawn Gift Shop at David Davis Mansion all decorated for the hoidays, bursting with Christmas merchandise and great presents for your friends and family! Enjoy special discounts throughout the store and some delicious refreshments!

Listen to some festive Christmas music while you shop our Victorian Christmas tree ornaments and decorations, holiday themed books and more, and pick up a glass pickle for your tree or the famed peppermint pig for your holiday dinner table!

We will also have our usual merchandise available, including: Victorian themed items such as teacups and infusers; music boxes; vintage hankies; cameo jewelry; floral china boxes; parasols; train cases; fans; bags; scarves, and more....

Civil War books and ephemera; classic wooden toys; coloring books; paper dolls; David Davis Mansion souvenirs including beautiful picture postcards, keychains, magnets, photographs, and more.

Not sure what to choose? We have gift certificates!

You can enter the gift shop from the back of the mansion at a door which will be clearly marked. Or visit it after a manson tour, in what was the mansion laundry room in the basement.

Tours of the mansion all decked out for Christmas will start Fri., Nov. 26th, will be available 9am-3:30pm Wed.-Sat. (excluding holidays) and will begin at the Visitors Center.

Also: Be sure to stop at the Christmas Barn Sale, located in the barn directly behind the gift shop. The Christmas Barn Sale will be open 9am-3:30pm. Please note, the Barn Sale is cash or check only.

Enjoy this rare opportunty to purchase retired Christmas decorations and other mansion treasures during this special sale!

The event will take place in the barn of the David Davis Mansion, which is at the back of the property, and will be clearly marked.

Sales are cash or check only.

All proceeds support the education and preservation mission of the David Davis Mansion Foundation.

While you are at the mansion, stop in to the Clover Lawn Museum Shop, which will be holding it's annual Christmas Open House. The shop will be newly decorated for the holidays, with beautiful merchandise to celebrate the season and fantastic gifts for everyone on your list. There will also be refreshments!

You can enter the gift shop from the back of the mansion, at a door which will be clearly marked.

Tours of the mansion, all decked out for Christmas, will also be available from 9am-3:30pm and begin at the Visitor's Center.

Christmas at the Mansions is a holiday tour of two of Bloomington-Normal's favorite historic sites -- David Davis Mansion and Ewing Manor. For this self-driving event from 2-7pm on Saturday, December 11th, you'll see these gorgeous homes decorated in period Christmas finery. Take in the architecture, the historic holiday postcard settings and hosts dressed in period costumes as you walk back in time to the late 1800s and early 1900s. Music and other surprises will complement your tour!

Advance tickets are $15 each, cash or check, and can be purchased Nov. 1st through Dec. 9th at the following Bloomington-Normal IL locations: Casey's Garden Shop; The Garlic Press; Hy-Vee Market; and both Schnuck's locations.

Tickets are also available online at the TICKETS link below for $16 each. If purchasing tickets online, you must print out your online receipt and present that receipt on the day of the event at David Davis Mansion or Ewing Manor.

Please note that advanced tickets may NOT be purchased at the David Davis Mansion or Ewing Manor.

On the day of the event, tickets will be $20 each, cash or check, and available only at the front door of the David Davis Mansion or Ewing Manor during the hours of the event, 2-7pm. Tickets are available only until sold out and are non-refundable.

Tickets may be presented at any time during the event at David Davis Mansion and Ewing Manor.

David Davis Mansion State Historic Site and Ewing Manor are located within easy driving distance of each other in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, and you may visit them in whichever order you choose for this tour, ticket (or receipt) in hand, during event hours.

Free parking is available on the grounds of David Davis Mansion State Historic Site at 1000 Monroe Drive, Bloomington, IL, and across the street from Ewing Manor in the parking lot of St. John's Lutheran Church at 1617 E. Emerson Street, Bloomington, IL.

Event proceeds benefit the Preservation and Educational programs of the David Davis Mansion State Historic Site and Ewing Manor. Both are supported by 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organizations.