The former Duncan Manor farmhouse, aka Towanda Meadows, near old Route 66 in Towanda, Ill., has been placed on Landmarks Illinois’ Ten Most Endangered Historic Places because the structure’s deterioration, reports the Bloomington Pantagraph.
The report says that a porch has collapsed, and that the eaves have sustained serious damage.
It is hoped that the listing will increase awareness and induce the current owner to sell the property so someone will fix it up.
We previously reported about the house a few months ago. The home was long rumored to be a part of the Underground Railroad, which is impossible because Towanda Meadows was built after the Civil War. The house is also has distinctive architecture.
(Photo courtesy of Landmarks Illinois.)
Who owns this??? They should be ashamed of their self. Such beauty and history destoyed!!!! Sell so someone who will love it can restore it to its former glory!!!!