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This category is for places that are significant to Downers Grove history.
This home was built in the late 1800’s. The roof has two sloped sides that meet at a center ridge. The triangular ends of the walls on the other two […]
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This Tudor Revival home includes features typical of this style including a rectangular floor plan, steep roof with a tall chimney, brick siding, windows with multiple panes, and a brick
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This Queen Anne home is located on a large lot in the Prince Subdivision. It is named the for the first owners of the house, Frank and Ann Keiser. This
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The older part of this home is a 2 story Gable Front house. A one story addition was added to the east side of the original 2 story house circa
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This Dutch Colonial home features is a two story building with a gambrel roof. Siding is wood clapboard on the upper half of the house with stone on the lower
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This brick home is on land originally owned by Marshall Field. The land was offered sale by Harvey W. Branigar, residential builder. The house was accepted in the Historic Home Program
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The former Girl Scouts Cabin in the Maple Grove Forest Preserve was the inspiration of John “Daddy” Wells. John, as a prominent resident of Downers Grove, was concerned about the
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Gerardus J. Verbeck was the first owner of this house. The land that the house sits on was originally owned by E.H. Prince.
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Built circa 1926, this Historic Home was on the Sears Home list for a long time. It was thought to be a Sears Puritan Kit Home. Upon inspection of the
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The home at 1240 Gilbert is identified as a Dutch Colonial and was built circa 1925. Dutch Colonial is a style of domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having
