Weber House & Garden

What a lovely garden in the middle of Streator! Truly you dont even feel like you are in Illinois when you are within the walls. A lovely English garden! We chose to have our formal wedding pictures here after our ceremony at the Silver Fox. For a small fee we were allowed full access to the garden, capturing some amazing photographs! Check them out!
Thank you Mr. Weber for such a lovely venue!

The Weber House and Garden has an undeniable «through the looking glass» feel to it. Once you step through the red front gate, you are transported into a maze of gardens, stories, and history. Ted Weber personally leads you through his 2 acre garden that he has crafted by himself. Along the way he tells stories of the famous people (and characters) that he crossed paths with as a Chicago radio personality. Some of them even made their way to visit his gardens. This is a definite must see.

A true gem in Streator Illinois who would of thought, I first became aware of The Weber House during a Radio interview on a A.M. station here in neighboring Ottawa, it was really an off chance that I happen to catch the ad but I am extremely glad I did or else I probably never would of found it as Streator it self has no real tourism.
The house it self is Tudor style house, and in the spring and fall has a very elaborate English Garden. This visit was in the month of November so the Garden was of course closed but the house it self was decorated for Christmas. We took our tour at night and received the added bonus touring the house as it was lite entirely by candle
We arrived with a group of six 3 of them being kids, we were all a little worried about how the kids would receive the house and its 90 minute tour. With in 10 minutes our concerns were nullified Todd Weber has such a vast variety of knowledge, & so many stories the tour could easily be 3 hours long however with in the first 5 — 10 minutes Todd gets a good feeling for his tour group and brings up different stories and items to accommodate anyone who may walk into the house.
Full of history and tremendous stories the Weber house is a true diamond in the rough and worth the trip if you are in the area. If the garden open I recommend coming during the day if it is closed for the winter months I recommend the night tour as the house is illuminated entirely in candlelight.