The Henry Bush House
The Henry Bush House joined the list of Historic Homes in Downers Grove in 2025. This home was accepted based in architectural significance and significant person criteria. This home is […]
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Queen Anne
The William Straube House
The Queen Anne house at 5256 Fairmount Avenue has an honorary name that celebrates long-time owner, William Straube. Members of the Straube family owned the house from 1893 to 1945.
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The Aubrey and Anna Snow House
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 Guy and Cora Belle Wheeler House
The Queen Anne house at 5217 Fairmount is honorary name celebrates long-time owners, Guy and Cora Belle Wheeler, who lived in the house for nearly 50 years. Guy Wheeler worked
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The Mitchell Heintz House
Mitchell and Catherine Heintz were the original owners of this Folk Victorian home built in 1891. Mitchell owned 80 acres of farmland and in 1882 is indicated to have “gone
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The A.C. Riddler House
This is a two story wood house with double hung windows. The front door is original and the house still contains its wavy windows. It has its original woodwork and
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The William Singleterry House
This is a lovely turn of the century home.
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The Joseph Staiger House
There are 11 rooms in this historical home. It features 10 ft. ceilings, oak flooring, 10” baseboards, beaded mouldings, 5 panel doors, 2 pocket doors and none of the woodwork
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The Hanson House
Some physical features of the house include a limestone foundation, wide plank floors, 8 inch base board and well pump in the basement still attached to the outside cistern.
The W.B. Towsley House
This Centennial Home is made of clapboard with fish scale shingles. Many of the original Queen Anne hardware remains. The house’s most striking feature is the curved corner blocks on
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