The Barnhart House
The house at 5408 Carpenter Street was approved as a Historic Landmark in Downers Grove. The one and one-half story Cape Cod style home was built circa 1940. The original […]
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Landmark
Landmarking is a Village of Downers Grove program to recognize historic homes and preserves the historic exterior of the home.
The Mochel-Goodman House
The landmarked home exhibits features of a Mid-Century Modern Ranch style with certain Prairie Style elements. The home represents a low rectangular form with asymmetrical projections and attached garage, a
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The Kotes-Kenny House
This one story Mid-Century Modern style Landmarked home has a concrete foundation and a low-sloped front gabled roof. The home’s exterior facades are composed of vertical wood siding and a
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The Mochel House
This split three level Mid-Century Modern style landmarked home has a concrete foundation, a basement and low-sloped cross gabled roof. The home’s exterior facades are composed of both brick and
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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Main Street Cemetery
In 1856, Samuel Curtiss donated part of his sheep pasture for use as a cemetery. He was later paid $15 for the land, money from individuals who formed a cemetery
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The H. M. Patton House
This landmarked home is two stories tall with a dominant, steeply pitched, multi-gabled roof. The roofline is asymmetrical and adorned with a reverse dormer window on the east facade. The
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The Lyman Clifford House
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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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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