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Book: "Sugar Grove and the Class of 1886: Being a Chapter from the Story of My Life by George Edward Congdon", 1911
“I cannot remember all of the buildings in town but my memory is sufficiently definite so that I can give the reader a fairly good picture of the village as it was at that time. “
“First there was the depot built beside one of the highways of the…
“First there was the depot built beside one of the highways of the…
Formerly Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel - Print dated November 23, 1998
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
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Formerly Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel - West Side - Print dated November 23, 1998
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
West Side
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
West Side
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Formerly Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel - East Side - Print dated November 23, 1998
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
East Side
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
East Side
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Formerly Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel - North Side - Print dated November 23, 1998
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
North Side
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
North Side
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Formerly Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel - Main Street - Print dated November 23, 1998
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
Main Street Before Demolition
East view side seen from Main Street
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Uncle Tom's Cabin - Old Hotel
Main Street Before Demolition
East view side seen from Main Street
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West's Hotel and people around it
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Boarding Place for Sugar Grove High School Students
1884-?
The ornate building that served as a boarding house for student scholars called Uncle Tom's Cabin burned downed in 1879, only 3 years…
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Boarding Place for Sugar Grove High School Students
1884-?
The ornate building that served as a boarding house for student scholars called Uncle Tom's Cabin burned downed in 1879, only 3 years…
Uncle Tom's Cabin Sugar Grove, Il
Printed on the photograph:
UNCLE TOM's CABIN.
SUGAR GROVE DEPOT,
TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS OFFICE.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BOARDING-HOUSE,
STORE AND POST-OFFICE.
Handwritten on the back:
9-1-95
UNCLE TOM's CABIN.
SUGAR GROVE DEPOT,
TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS OFFICE.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BOARDING-HOUSE,
STORE AND POST-OFFICE.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin, Sugar Grove, IL
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
1876-1879
9-15-92
The first "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was built in 1876 to board students of the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School. The residential building was named in honor of Thomas Judd…
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1876-1879
9-15-92
The first "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was built in 1876 to board students of the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School. The residential building was named in honor of Thomas Judd…
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Sugar Grove, Village of Culture
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1-1987
Sugar Grove, Village of Culture
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1-1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin Sugar Grove, IL
Printed on the photograph:
UNCLE TOM's CABIN.
SUGAR GROVE DEPOT,
TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS OFFICE.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BOARDING-HOUSE,
STORE AND POST-OFFICE.
[CULVER & JAMES, Photographers]
Handwritten on the back:
9-1-95
UNCLE TOM's CABIN.
SUGAR GROVE DEPOT,
TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS OFFICE.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BOARDING-HOUSE,
STORE AND POST-OFFICE.
[CULVER & JAMES, Photographers]
Handwritten on the back:
9-1-95
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Sugar Grove, IL
Printed on the photograph:
UNCLE TOM's CABIN.
SUGAR GROVE DEPOT,
TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS OFFICE.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BOARDING-HOUSE,
STORE AND POST-OFFICE.
[CULVER & JAMES, Photographers]
Handwritten on the back:
1995-1b
Built in…
UNCLE TOM's CABIN.
SUGAR GROVE DEPOT,
TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS OFFICE.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BOARDING-HOUSE,
STORE AND POST-OFFICE.
[CULVER & JAMES, Photographers]
Handwritten on the back:
1995-1b
Built in…
Hotel West / West's Hotel / Old Hotel / Sugar Grove Hotel / Uncle Tom's Cabin Rebuilt
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.