DECATUR, Ill. (WAND)-Nearly 1,000 visitors showed up in the first 3 hours of the Powers Mansion open house on Wednesday.
Norma Fick, current owner of the property, opened the mansions doors for the first time allowing the public to tour and get an inside look at the historic site.
Fick said she had “hoped for 100 people to attend.” And was overjoyed with the overwhelming support of the open house.
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The community interest and donations poured in, in support of Fick's mission to restore the three-story Greek Revival completed in 1910. The 13-room, three-story home was constructed at the cost of $83,000 plus the lot cost, the equivalent of $2.8 million today.
Guests arrived at the Mansion from as far as 3 hours away.
The $5 donations at the door totaled almost $6500. Donations gathered will be used for renovations to the home.
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