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Old West Hotel.pdf
The Old Hotel was built in 1879 after Uncle Tom's Cabin burned down. On May 11, 1989, Sugar Grove held an event at the Old Hotel, which was 112 years old at the time: "Celebrate Your Heritage". The Old Hotel was located on the northwest corner of…

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Printed on the front:HOTEL WEST SUGAR GROVE ILL

Stamped on the back:

W. W. VAN OSDEL. PHOTOGRAPHER
AURORA, ILL

The ornate building that served as the boarding house for student scholars called Uncle Tom's Cabin was destroyed by fire in…

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After the first Uncle Tom's Cabin burned down in 1879, new residential housing, West's Hotel, was built in 1880 on the same site at the northwest corner of Main St. and the Railroad Tracks.

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Handwritten on the back:

5-'87

1936

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Handwritten on the back:

1984

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Handwritten on the back:

4/84

Hotel North Sitting Room
Down Stairs

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Handwritten on the back:

4/84

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Handwritten on the back:

4/84

S E CORNER of Building
Downstairs

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Handwritten on the back:

4/84

Hotel
UNDER SIDE of wallpaper
Frank McGuire was a student in 18

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Handwritten on the backside:

9-28-87

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Handwritten on the back:

11-20-90

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Sticker on the front:
Fall 1988

Handwritten on the back:
3-89

Handwritten names on the back:
Sue & Barb

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Handwritten on the back:

10-3-1992
Old Hotel

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Stamped on the top:

Karen Kerckhove, April 4, 1989
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