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The Henry Bush House: A Legacy Rooted in Downers Grove 5239 Carpenter Street in Downers Grove is a striking Queen Anne-style home that immediately catches the eye. Its gingerbread trim, […]
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The Queen Anne at 4703 Highland Avenue was submitted for inclusion in the Historic Home Program by homeowners Adam and Ann Schuhmacher who recently purchased the house. They chose the
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The Queen Anne house at 5217 Fairmount honorary name celebratess long-time owners, Guy and Cora Belle Wheeler, who lived in the house for nearly 50 years. Guy Wheeler worked for
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This house is a Gable Front Vernacular House in which the gable is facing the street or entrance side of the house. The gable front house allows the narrow part
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This home is identified as a Gable Front Home, and was originally built by William Sheldon Carpenter & his wife Martha. William was the youngest child of Henry & Martha
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This Centennial Home in the E. H. Prince Subdivision was built by Earl Prince. The house had numerous owners. The name chosen for this Centennial Home was the first owner,
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This home was built in the late 1800’s. The roof has two sloped sides that meet at a center ridge. The triangular ends of the walls on the other two
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This house is Tri-Gable Ell and still retains its original wood siding, wood soffits, windows, and doors. The Tri-Gable Ell was a vernacular building form common during the 1870s through
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The landmarked Lyman Clifford House is a vernacular Upright and Wing house which was popular from the 1870s through the 1920s. Upright and Wing is a house type that typically
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