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Old Hotel - North sitting room downstairs - Hand dated April 1984
Handwritten on the back:
4/84
Hotel North Sitting Room
Down Stairs
4/84
Hotel North Sitting Room
Down Stairs
Old Hotel - Hand date 1984
Handwritten on the back:
1984
1984
Sugar Grove Hotel May 1936
Handwritten on the back:
5-'87
1936
5-'87
1936
Post Office Dedication 1960
Don Meyer - MC Speaking
Post Office Dedication 1960
60 Maple, Art Healy, Ardon Perschnick, Jerry Hall - Elburn Postmaster, Harold Potter - LaFox Postmaster, Jim Fitzgerald
Post Office Dedication 1960
Albert & Gladys Lash - Big Rock,
Helen Humiston,
Margaret McBeth (Lois Graham sister-in-law),
Carl & Margaret Boettcher
Helen Humiston,
Margaret McBeth (Lois Graham sister-in-law),
Carl & Margaret Boettcher
Post Office Dedication 1960
Harold Potter - La Fox Postmaster, Frank McCannon, Bill Keck, Margaret & Ellis Grayer
Dedication of Post Office on Maple Street: 1960 (Part 1 of 2)
In September 1960, Sugar Grove celebrated the dedication of the U.S. Post Office building at 60 Maple Street.
Speakers at the dedication event included Don Myer (Congressman), Stanley Dyer (Post Service Officer), and Vern Graham…
Speakers at the dedication event included Don Myer (Congressman), Stanley Dyer (Post Service Officer), and Vern Graham…
Big Rock Legion Post
Big Rock Legion Post color guard raising flag,
Photos by Robert Myers of Aurora
Photos by Robert Myers of Aurora
Post Office at 60 Maple Street
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Post Office at 60 Maple Street
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Post Office: Ralph Hartman, Postmaster inside Sugar Grove Train Depot
Ralph Hartman, Postmaster inside Sugar Grove Train Depot
Sketch: Old Barn on Galena Boulevard that contained wood from one of the first log cabins in Sugar Grove
Handwritten note on the sketch indicates:
The barn sketched in the drawing is believed to have contained logs from one of the first log cabins in Sugar Grove Township, which had been on the north side of Blackberry Creek in what became the T. & A.…
The barn sketched in the drawing is believed to have contained logs from one of the first log cabins in Sugar Grove Township, which had been on the north side of Blackberry Creek in what became the T. & A.…
Library: Minnie Dugan, Grace McCannon, Mrs. Vern Graham
First Borrower - Miss Minnie Dugan (right), who has resided in Big Rock Township all of her 80 years, is shown receiving the first library pass card to Sugar Grove's new library. The presentation was made Friday afternoon by Mrs. Grace McCannon…
Tractor on Wheeler Rd.
2017-05-02
Wheeler Rd. Farm
Wheeler Rd. Farm
Farm on Wheeler Rd.
2017-05-01
Elmar Kreigbaum
Back Tractor
Farm Wheeler Rd.
Elmar Kreigbaum
Back Tractor
Farm Wheeler Rd.
Valley View School / Denny Standard School
145 Calkins Dr., Sugar Grove, IL
In 1865, this school was originally built at the top of the hill near 41W455 Denny Rd. It was built just east of an old log house school that was previously located near the corner of Denny and Bliss Rd. This…
In 1865, this school was originally built at the top of the hill near 41W455 Denny Rd. It was built just east of an old log house school that was previously located near the corner of Denny and Bliss Rd. This…
Old Fire Department
220 S. Main St. Sugar Grove, IL
The first fire station was built on a lot donated by Teresa Keck, widow of William Keck, at 220 Main Street, Sugar Grove, Illinois. At first, all fire calls were answered on phones in Keck's Store as well as tht…
The first fire station was built on a lot donated by Teresa Keck, widow of William Keck, at 220 Main Street, Sugar Grove, Illinois. At first, all fire calls were answered on phones in Keck's Store as well as tht…
Cooper's Hall, Knudson Hall and Blacksmith Shop: 214 Main St.
214 S. Main St., Sugar Grove, IL
Cooper / Needham / Knudson Hall and Blacksmith Shop, Built by Geo. Wolf; late 1800s,
Advertisement reads: "C.J. Knudson, Practical Horse-Shoeing, General Repair Work in Wood and Iron."
The building at 214…
Cooper / Needham / Knudson Hall and Blacksmith Shop, Built by Geo. Wolf; late 1800s,
Advertisement reads: "C.J. Knudson, Practical Horse-Shoeing, General Repair Work in Wood and Iron."
The building at 214…
Old Post Office on Maple Street
60 Maple Street, Sugar Grove, IL
Until August 8, 1840, mail had to be taken to Naperville, fifteen miles away, and cost 25 cents to mail. A post office was opened in the Thomas Slater home which stood at the northwest corner of Galena and Route…
Until August 8, 1840, mail had to be taken to Naperville, fifteen miles away, and cost 25 cents to mail. A post office was opened in the Thomas Slater home which stood at the northwest corner of Galena and Route…