The Duncan Manor, Towanda, McLean County, Illinois Duncan Manor, built in 1869, sits atop a hill just outside the village limits of Towanda, Illinois, and is visible from the railway and from Route 66. The home was built around 1869 by William R. Duncan, a successful livestock dealer who moved to the Towanda area from Kentucky in late 1863, during the Civil War, The manor was occupied for only a few years by Mr. Duncan, who died of an illness in the autumn of 1876, at age 57 when returning from a a trip to the State Fair at Ottawa, Illinois. Although the home had only a few owners over the years since, it was often occupied by renters or tenant farmers and never received any modernizations that would change the basic structure of the building. In 2012, The Duncan Manor, Towanda, IL -- under contract, and chasing out the ghosts. Im posting a seperate link to a newspaper article I found which has a more in depth history of this home and the Duncan family.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:45:06 +0000
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