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 […]
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This category is for places that are significant to Downers Grove history.
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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Grant E. Dicke Fire Station
The first fire station, Fire Station #1, was built in 1928 and remained the only fire station until Fire Station #2 was built in 1953 at Main and Summit. It
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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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Penner Building
This building, which was built circa 1894, represents a part of the early history of Downers Grove. Conrad Penner was born in Germany in 1862 and came to America as
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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The Frank J. Gorman (Gorman-Dum) House
This home is also landmarked under the name Gorman-Dum House. For more information, see the Village of Downers Grove Landmarking Resolution for this house.
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