The Herring House
This landmarked Queen Anne home in Straube’s Subdivision includes many of the features of a Queen Anne style of house, including the original wood clapboard, wood shingles on the 2nd story, […]
The Bunge House
This landmarked Victorian was built about 1904. It was the second home landmarked in Downers Grove. The three-story Victorian house was the Gustav H. Bunge family home and was originally
The Drew House
This two-story Gothic Revival house was the first landmarked property in Downers Grove. This house with a basement was designed by the petitioner’s grandfather and completed in 1888. The house
Tivoli Theatre
The Tivoli was the second theater in America designed and built for talking movies (the first was Brooklyn Paramount in November of the same year). When it opened on Christmas
1947 Twin-City Zephyr Crash Site near the Main Street Train Station
On April 3, 1947, the Twin-City Zephyr Passenger Train, en route from Minneapolis to Chicago, traveling at 70 mph, collided with a 14 ton tractor near the Main Street Train
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