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Community House remodeling, dining room was storage room

Community House remodeling, elavator

Community House remodeling, Kitchen

Community House remodeling, Elevator

Community House remodeling, Elevator

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Photo of framed picture reading "The First Community House Board; With their efforts this building was made possible.
Leigh Sauer, Ben McCannon, Stanley Snow"

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(Bronze Plaque transcription is incomplete since some names are not discernable in photograph.)

SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II

Donald Albright
Harold Albright
Beorge Alexander
Ralph Bliss, Jr.
August John
Lyle Bolster
George Booth,…

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.

Newspaper Transcription:

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…