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The photo depicts CB&Q Railroad [Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad] depot at Sugar Grove, Illinois, looking eastward in the 1940s. To the right on the opposite side of the rails is the Sugar Grove Grain and Lumber Company lumber shed. An…

The Sugar Grove Cemetery is located on Merrill Road just west of Bliss Road.

For more information about graves and people interred at Sugar Grove Cemetery, visit https://www.findagrave.com/ .

Dry Cleaners

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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…

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…

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…

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.

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

Sugar Grove Community House Parlor