Illinois
McLean
Normal Township

Broadview VanLeer Mansion

Broadview Mansion, is a twenty-two room Edwardian style mansion located in , near Illinois Wesleyan University. The three-story estate, originally situated on five acres of land, was built in 1906 for Bird Calladay and Margaret VanLeer.
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  • Type: Event venue
  • Description: historic house in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Broadview Mansion” and “Van Leer Mansion”
  • Address: 1301 South Fell Avenue, Normal, IL 61761

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Camelback Bridge and Uptown Station.

Bridge
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The is a restored historic wooden bridge that arches over the Constitution Trail in . It is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Broadview VanLeer Mansion.

Railway station
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is an intermodal transportation center in , . It is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and is the major intercity rail station in north-central Illinois. is situated 1 mile north of Broadview VanLeer Mansion.

Heritage site
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, or Franklin Park is located in , . Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, contains the homes of former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I and former Governor Joseph W. is situated 3,900 feet south of Broadview VanLeer Mansion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cedar Crest Addition Historic District and White Place Historic District.

Neighborhood
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The is a residential subdivision and historic district in , . The subdivision is bounded roughly by Division Street to the south, Highland Avenue to the north, Fell Avenue to the west, and a local recreation trail, the Constitution Trail, to the east.

Neighborhood
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The is a residential historic district in , . The district includes houses on White Place, North Clinton Boulevard, and the east side of Fell Avenue bordered to the south by Empire Street and Emerson Street to the north.

Town
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is a town in , United States. The population was 52,736 at the 2020 census. is the smaller of two principal cities of the metropolitan area, and is Illinois' seventh most populous community outside the .

Broadview VanLeer Mansion

Latitude
40.49685° or 40° 29′ 49″ north
Longitude
-88.98726° or 88° 59′ 14″ west
Inception
1904
Operator
Immanuel Bible Foundation
Open location code
86GHF2W7+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 598601638
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­events_venue
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Wiki­data ID
Q4972330
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Highlights include Neighborhood Prayer Garden and Christ the King Episcopal Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Broadview VanLeer Mansion”. Photo: Casmeltzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.