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Will A. Johnson House, 263 Main Street

The Will and Marie (Laycock) Johnson home at 263 Main Street was constructed in 1906 for Lydia Finley, who never lived in the house. It was initially the residence of farm employees of the Finley farm. It was…

Johnson Barn

Old Sugar Grove school bell finds new home at Bliss House

Published: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 11:39 a.m. CST
By CHRIS WALKER - editorial@kcchronicle.com

SUGAR GROVE – The old Sugar Grove school bell finally has a new home. Originally located…

Charles Ogle
BIRTH 21 Oct 1924
DEATH 18 Jan 2002 (aged 77)
Kane County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL
Sugar Grove Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77757505/charles-ogle


Helen Gordon…

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

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At Sugar Grove the first log cabin was raised in 1836, with nails, sawed boards and shingle roof; a tavern was built in 1836; a post office established in 1840. The first "store" was opened in 1839 by P. Y. Bliss, who built a frame…

Woven Tapestry featuring Sugar Grove Historical Sites: Sugar Grove Settled 1834, Community Building 1929, Methodist Church 1888, Bliss House 1838, Historical Society 1984, Keck's Store 1890, Normal and Industrial School 1906, Sugar Grove CBQ Depot…

Articles about Boy Scout Troop 41 in the "Sugar Grove News"

Pictured (Left to Right): Kevin Claesson 1970 (One of the first Troop 41 Eagle Scouts), Donald Perrin 1974, Bryant Seraphin 1987, Scott Rubo 1995, Tom St. Jules 2007, Alejandro Barragan 2009, Sam Wolf 2016, David Wojak 2015, Austin Jordan 2014, Mark…

Newsletter Article 2019
Troop 41 was established in 1949 and has 70 years of history partnering with the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, working with youth, and serving the Sugar Grove Community.

To commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Troop…

Sketches of Following Homesteads were drawn in 1871:

Benjamin, L - Section 19
Bliss, PY - Section 10
Chapman, Henry - Section 8
Cole, F - Section 2
Densmore, HB - Section 14
Fikes, George - Section 25
George, B - Section 24
Gillett, LH -…

The building of the Sugar Grove Supply Company located at 221 Main Street was built in 1893. It later burned down around 1918 and became the site of Keck's Store.

The concrete bridge abutments in Bliss Woods were poured by John H. Bloomdahl, Contractor from Geneva, Illinois in 1938 during the time that the Civilian Conservation Corps was doing work to develop natural resources in rural lands owned by federal,…