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Club Information
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The Dunham Woods
Riding Club was founded in 1934 by a group of Wayne and Geneva residents
who leased the original Dunham family home.
The building, then popularly known as the “Inn”, was built in
1836.
In 1887, Marc Dunham built the “Castle” as
a wedding present for his bride and the original Dunham home evolved
into an inn and sales pavilion for the Dunham family’s Oaklawn Farm, a
world renowned Percheron breeding farm. A fire destroyed
the original old coach house in 1950 and the proceeds of
the insurance were utilized by the club to purchase the Inn, the
lower barn, swimming pool tennis courts and surrounding land.
The Gray Room, Dining Room and a new kitchen were added in 1957. In 1961, the
Wayne-DuPage Hunt was instrumental in purchasing more land from
Dunham’s Inc. including the Kennels and Upper Barn.
This purchase was made in the name of the Dunham Woods Riding
Club. Additional acreage
was purchased in 1975, which included the outdoor riding rings, indoor
riding ring, outside cross-country course, tenant house and new pole
barn all of which are leased to the Hunt by the Club. In 1979, the four corners comprising the intersection of Army Trail and Dunham Roads, The Dunham Woods Riding Club and Dunham Castle, together with the additional surrounding acreage and outbuildings were accepted into the national Register of Historic Places.
33W333 Army Trail Road Wayne, IL 60184
Tel: 630.584.0045
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