Army Trail and Dunham Rds., Wayne, Illinois. County/parish: Kane.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 26, 1979. NRIS 79000848.
10 contributing buildings.
Oaklawn Farm is a historic property in Wayne, Illinois. The farm was operated by the Dunham family, who successfully bred Percheron horses. The property features the chateauesque Dunham Castle, which was built by Mark Wentworth Dunham in 1880. Nine other buildings from the time period still stand on the property, which is still used as the Dunham Woods Riding Club. The farm was recognized by the National Park Service as a Historic Place in 1979.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893098