The Halkier House
The Halkier House at 4616 Linscott Avenue joined the list of Historic Homes in Downers Grove in 2025. This home has been identified as having a Bungalow architecture with a […]
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The Eva and Henry Faul House
The home at 5430 Washington Street has been officially recognized as a Historic Home by the Downers Grove Historical Society and the Downers Grove Museum. It earned this designation due
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The John Rehm Jr House
The John Rehm House joined the list of Historic Homes in Downers Grove in 2025. This home was accepted based in architectural significance. This home is located on the one-block
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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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The John Holland House
This home was one of five homes on the west side of Downers Grove that were recognized under the Downers Grove Historical Society Centennial Home Program, that were demolished and
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The Tillie Kinney House
The Centennial Home Tillie Kinney House was built in 1890. The original land was owned by Asahel Emigh and DK Foote bought it in 1876 and then sold it in
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The Ella Beaudette House
This Centennial Home was in the Prince Subdivision. This home, which was located close to downtown, was demolished sometime after 2013 and replaced by a modern farmhouse, typical of the
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The David Klein House
This farmhouse is representative of an old New England Home. David Klein was an immigrant from Alsace, France and had 9 children lived in the house and farmed 997 acres
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The Melchor Gjerde House
This landmarked two-story Folk Victorian was built circa 1891. Rachel and Melchor Gjerde were Norwegian immigrants who arrived in America in 1862 and 1875, respectively. Melchor was a blacksmith and
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