The Robert J Darnley House
This landmarked home is a one and a half story Craftsman style home with a stone foundation, a basement, and a gabled roof. The home features double-hung windows, a Dutch […]
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Building Style
The Ernest E Bunge House
This landmarked craftsman style bungalow features a low-pitched jerkinhead (clipped) gable roof with wide eaves, dark tapestry brick, and three over, double hung windows. The home was purchased by Juanita
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The Charles E. and Alice Engstrom House
This house with dark tapestry brick, 3-over-1 windows, deep overhangs, and telescoping masses combine to give the house a rich, textured appearance and intimate scale. It uniquely combines stylistic features
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The Frank J. Gorman (Gorman-Dum) House
This home is also landmarked under the name Gorman-Dum House. For more information, see the Village of Downers Grove Landmarking Resolution for this house.
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The Alexander C. Cameron House
The landmarked Alexander C. Cameron House is a one-story Craftsman Bungalow and includes a low-pitched cross-gabled roof with wide eaves, brackets under the gable, exposed roof rafters, and battered brick
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The Daily-Black House
The landmarked home’s balloon frame was built on a stone foundation and still has the original wood clapboard siding on the structure. The upper peak areas have wood shingles and
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Princeholm
This landmarked Queen Anne style home was built in 1893 for Earl H. Prince and his wife Minnie and was designed by architect and carpenter J.B. Moss. It includes a
The Lottie McDougall House
This landmarked Victorian house still has its original woodwork, doors and built-in cabinets. Some modifications to the home include enclosing the front porch, enlarging the kitchen, adding a bathroom and
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The Chilvers-Winters House
This one story Landmarked Gabled-Ell home is on a corner lot with a dominant gable facing each street. The projecting L-shaped cross-gables are a distinguishing feature and indicate the footprint
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The Pierce Downer House
This landmarked American Greek Revival home is one of the oldest homes in Downers Grove. This home was built by Pierce Downer (1782 – 1863), founder and first settler of the
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