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Allerton Park & Retreat Center

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Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Phone:
+1 217-333-3287

Hours:
Sunday8am - 7pm
Monday8am - 7pm
Tuesday8am - 7pm
Wednesday8am - 7pm
Thursday8am - 7pm
Friday8am - 7pm
Saturday8am - 7pm


The Robert Allerton Park is a 1,517-acre park, nature center, and conference center located in the rural Piatt County township of Willow Branch, near Monticello, Illinois on the upper Sangamon River. The park and manor house, The Farms, are attributed to owner Robert Allerton, industrialist heir, artist, art collector and garden designer. Robert donated the complex to the University of Illinois in 1946.The National Park Service registered the Robert Allerton Estate as a National Historic Place on July 18, 2007. The Allerton Natural Area within the park was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1970.As of 2007, the park was used by approximately 100,000 visitors per year. It has been described as a vast prairie turned into a personal fantasy land of neoclassical statues, Far Eastern art, and huge European-style gardens surrounding a Georgian-Revival mansion .
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