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This category is for places that are significant to Downers Grove history.
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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If you lived in Downers Grove before 1960, you might remember what the northeast corner of Maple Avenue and Main Street looked like back them. Today, the corner is the
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5300 Main Street Blacksmith and ironworker, James William Sucher, erected this humble brick building in 1875 as his smithy. James and his father, Phillip, established the business in 1854. This is
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This Colonial Revival home has a columned entry porch at the front entry, entry door sidelights. The Historic Home is symmetrical in form, has a hipped roof, and has double
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This house is a Gable Front Vernacular House in which the gable is facing the street or entrance side of the house. The gable front house allows the narrow part
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This home is identified as a Gable Front Home, and was originally built by William Sheldon Carpenter & his wife Martha. William was the youngest child of Henry & Martha
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This house is considered an example of Prairie Style architecture. The structure has a stucco exterior, strong horizontal lines, and a somewhat open concept for the first floor. It flows
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This home was originally built by Frank & Marie Kavka circa 1930. The style of this home is considered a Dutch Colonial Revival Style and possesses some of these traditional
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The Fayette McAllister House is classified as a bungalow. It exhibits the typical features which include a 1 to 1½ story home with a low-pitched roof, often with broad eaves.
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The Reideler House is an American Foursquare manufactured as Sears Kit Home “Langston” model whose description from the Sears Home Catalog reads: “A neat and roomy house at a very
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