David Davis Mansion

[2] Set in a residential neighborhood on Bloomington's near-south-side, the three-story yellow brick mansion comprises 36 rooms in an Italianate villa style.

[3] Clover Lawn was built between 1870 and 1872 and is where Justice Davis lived until his death in 1886.

Davis commissioned French-born architect Alfred H. Piquenard to design the mansion, which combines Italianate and Second Empire architectural features and is a model of Gilded Age style and taste.

Piquenard was a prominent Midwest architect who designed the State Capitol in Springfield.

The mansion is lavishly decorated during the winter holiday season for Christmas.

Exterior of David Davis Mansion - 2020
Inside Clover Lawn National Historic Landmark.
David Davis Mansion—eastern side (c. 1940s)