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(Bronze Plaque transcription is incomplete since some names are not discernable in photograph.)

SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II

Donald Albright
Harold Albright
Beorge Alexander
Ralph Bliss, Jr.
August John
Lyle Bolster
George Booth,…

Sugar Grove Township Servicemen from Mexican War, Civil War, World War Veterans
The plaque is located inside the Sugar Grove Community Building.

PLAQUE READS:

This building dedicated to the men of Sugar Grove Township known and unknown who…

First Settler Stephen G. Paull.
Born 1812 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York.
Settled in Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois 1838
Died April 20, 1875

Plaque Donated by the Conservation Department and Woman's Club of Aurora,…

In Memory of Thomas Judd for his civic mindedness and generosity in founding the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School and donating the land.

Lil's Garden
Dedicated to Lil Adams
in recognition of Lil's many years of active community involvement and serving as Sugar Grove Township Community Building Trustee and Manager.

Her love and dedication for the preservation of the Community…

Sugar Grove Community House
1929 Cornerstone
Legih A. Sauer, President
B.G. McCannon, Secretary
Stanley Snow
Franklin G. Elwood, Architect
Hall Opperman & Sons, Contractors

Copies of the blueprints from 1989 of the Sugar Grove Community House.

Copies of the original blueprints from 1928 for the construction of the Sugar Grove Community House.

Copies of the blueprints from 1928 for the construction of the Sugar Grove Community House.

The Sugar Grove Community Building (aka Sugar Grove Community House) was originally organized in the late 1920s by civic-minded people who were mostly farmers. At the time, the Village had about 150 people. They put a bond referendum up along with…

Newspaper Transcription:

Aurora Beacon News, April 4 1970

MCCANNONS OF SUGAR GROVE
by Trudy Morrison

“If Ben McCannon Sr., had had his way in 1929, Dr. Willis McCannon would never have been able to read his father's name on the cornerstone…

From the Sugar Grove Township Website:
https://www.townshipofsugargrove.com/community-building/

"The Sugar Grove Township Community Building, which maintains the same charm as it did when it opened in 1929, was built for the use of the residents…

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Photo of framed picture reading "The First Community House Board; With their efforts this building was made possible.
Leigh Sauer, Ben McCannon, Stanley Snow"