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This category is for places that are significant to Downers Grove history.
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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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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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 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 [demolished]](https://dghistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Ella-Beaudette-House-gray.jpg)
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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In 1845 John Marvin spent $2000 on this Centennial Home. Later a dining room and kitchen were added around 1873. In 1873 Charles Breasted moved in. James Henry Breasted, founder
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The first resident was Katie Willard. She purchased the home from Earl Prince. Later on Adelaide Farrar Lorenz moved there. She was the local piano teacher. The home is Victorian
Built circa 1927, the George Graves House is a Sears Kit Home “Del Rey” model. The mortgage was secured from Sears Trustee Walker O. Lewis on May 17, 1927 for
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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 Rhoderic Dhu-House [demolished]](https://dghistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Rhoderic-Dhu-House-gray-1024x680.png)